Clippers' Caron Butler sidelined with knee injury The injuries just keep mounting for the Clippers. This time it took down Caron Butler, who sat out Friday night's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves with a hyperextended right knee and will be listed as day to day. Butler joins injured All-Star guard Chris Paul, who missed his fourth straight game with a strained left hamstring. Clippers Coach Vinny Del Negro said Butler got an MRI exam on the knee Thursday that was negative. Del Negro said Butler injured the knee during the game against Utah on Tuesday night, but played Wednesday night against the Dallas Mavericks, his former team. The coach said "you could tell" Butler's knee was bothering him against Dallas. "He said he feels a little bit better today," Del Negro said. But with this season and this stretch and things we're on, I think it's best to give him a little break tonight and hopefully he can get some therapy tonight and tomorrow, and we'll see how he feels on Sunday. The Clippers host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday at Staples Center. It's the same knee Butler had season-ending surgery on last year to repair a ruptured right patella tendon in his knee. Del Negro said this injury has nothing to do with the surgery Butler had that forced him to miss the final 53 regular-season games when he played for the Mavericks last season. Paul worked out Friday morning at the team's shootaround, doing therapy and weight exercises, and worked out at Staples Center before Friday night's game. Del Negro said he'll work out Paul again Saturday and then see whether Paul can play Sunday against the Raptors. "Then we'll just monitor it and see where he's at," Del Negro said. I'll be interested to see if there's any soreness after today's workout and then we'll decide if it makes sense to give him some minutes. We'll have to build his minutes up. Butler was averaging 14.8 points and 4.3 rebounds in 35 minutes. Ryan Gomes started in Butler's place against Minnesota. "I think he wants to play," Del Negro said about Butler. But it's probably more prudent right now to find a way to get him some rest. He's played heavy minutes, more minutes than he probably needs to at times. Foye wearing many hats for Clippers The Clippers have asked Randy Foye to do many things for them this season, and for the most part, the 6-foot-4 guard has come through. They've asked him to be patient when he was the fourth guard and not getting much playing time. He was asked to start when injuries took down a teammate; Foye has started four games. They've asked him to defend players such as Kobe Bryant and New Jersey's Deron Williams. Foye has been asked to be an assists man, to score, to be a playmaker. He may be shooting just 33.3% from the field, but Del Negro said Foye is doing so many other things. "His shooting is going to get better," Del Negro said. But his overall play has been really good. He's played hard and that's obviously a big part of that.