Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler is returning to the lineup and will play in Monday night's Game 4 of the West first-round series against the Houston Rockets, the team announced.

This comes after a report a few hours earlier from ESPN’s Shams Charania that both Butler and the Warriors “expected” the six-time All-Star to play. Still, I was anticipating that we wouldn’t know for sure until closer to tip-off. But then Haynes report came through.

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