On January 10, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Warriors home against the Cavaliers, this campaign after 2 years of injury Thompson officially returned, before the game in the warm-up, Thompson hit 6 consecutive shots, showing a good competitive state. According to the Warriors, in the team's internal training game, Thompson just scored 12 points in 32 seconds, which indicates that Thompson's personal competitive state has completely recovered.
In the first quarter of the game, Thompson started and hit the first shot, triggering the collective cheers of the Warriors' 20,000 home fans. Thompson's NBA goal, after 941 days, was scored by borrowing a teammate's cover to cut through the air and receive a Wiggins pass to score a layup. Thompson was telling the outside world that he had returned in blood and could do anything.
But perhaps because of excessive excitement, throughout the first quarter Thompson played 4 minutes in a row, 4 consecutive shots were all deflected, and when Kerr took the break, Thompson's personal shooting data was 1 of 8, the offensive efficiency was not good, and Thompson, who had just returned, was eager to prove himself. Of course, after 941 days without playing, Thompson only needs to stand on the court and put on the Warriors jersey again, which is already a success.
In addition, all the Warriors attach great importance to Thompson's comeback, and in the warm-up stage before the start of the game, all the players were wearing Thompson's No. 11 Warrior jersey, Drummond Green, who could not play in this game because of injury, but insisted on jumping to open, and then immediately fouled and left the court. Green's meaning is very clear, that is, he wants to participate in the ceremony of the comeback of his brother Thompson, and Green values this friendship very much.
At the beginning of the game, Thompson was also put in the last introduction by the Warriors' home DJ, triggering a tsunami of 20,000 fans at home. The protagonist of this scene is Thompson, and everyone is looking forward to it.
It is worth mentioning that the Warriors' head Steven Curry, may be because of the comeback of his brother Thompson ignited his sense of his hand, in the case of the Warriors' opening behind, Curry swept the sluggish feel of the past month, only in the first quarter of the game hit 4 three-pointers, shooting 5 of 4, helping the Warriors to reverse the score. After the first quarter, the Warriors led 24-21, Thompson scored 1 of 5 and Curry scored 14 points on 4-of-5 from three.5.
Thompson's two-year recovery has left many people forgetting the Warriors' former terrifying splash combination, which has been the strongest backcourt partner in the league since 2014, achieving 3 championships in 5 years and reaching the Finals in 5 years. It can be said that the splash combination is the foundation of this Warriors, as long as these two people exist, the Warriors will always be competitive, I believe that with Thompson's comeback, as long as he remains healthy, as the season deepens to find the feeling of the former peak, the Golden State Warriors will still be the biggest championship favorite, the Dynasty Warriors, officially returned!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)