The Wolves announced Saturday afternoon that Jimmy Butler – who hurt his right knee in the third quarter of Friday’s loss in Houston – has an injury to the meniscus cartilage in the knee.
Team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Diane Dahm of Mayo Clinic evaluated the MRI, which was taken after the Wolves – delayed by airplane problems Friday night – finally returned to the Twin Cities on Saturday.
The team has not yet announced what this prognosis means, in terms of whether Butler will require surgery or if his season is over.
Still, it is a more optimistic prognosis than a torn anterior cruciate ligament would have been.