Fans on social media immediately accused Thompson— and even Warriors forward Draymond Green —of making a dirty play in the sequence that led to Butler's injury. But that's not how Warriors coach Steve Kerr saw it.

Some have questioned whether Houston’s Amen Thompson is a dirty player after Golden State’s Jimmy Butler was injured in a scary fall in Game 2 when the Rockets guard took Butler’s legs out from under him on a hard foul.

Amid questions that Amen Thompson is a dirty player following a foul on Jimmy Butler in Game 2, his teammate Dillon Brooks came to his defense.