On January 10, Beijing time, after 941 days of waiting, Warriors star Klay Thompson finally ushered in a comeback. In the second quarter of the game, he scored his seventh point of the game, bringing his career total to 12,000 points in the regular season. In his comeback, Thompson set a new scoring milestone. His one-stop button made the Warriors' 20,000 fans cheer for him!
38 seconds into the first quarter of the game, Thompson broke through the throw and scored his first goal in 941 days! More than 20,000 fans at the Chase Center stood up and cheered! However, in the next four shots, Thompson failed to hit, and after the opening 4 minutes and 23 seconds, Thompson was replaced.
As he walked to the sidelines, he made a few shots, and apparently he was a little unhappy with the 4 shots he missed. Before the game, Kerr said that Thompson would play 15-20 minutes, and every time he played, he would arrange for Thompson to play 4-5 minutes. The Warriors also arranged this to allow Thompson to gradually get into the state, without requiring him to take on a lot of responsibility quickly.
With 4:23 left in the second quarter, the Warriors replaced Thompson again. It didn't take long for Thompson to fly into the compartment and let the whole field explode! He then hit three-pointers to complete the 12,000-point milestone!
This day is officially known as "Clay Day" by the Warriors. Teammates changed into the No. 11 shirt before the game to create momentum for Thompson's comeback. Green even insisted on participating in the starting ceremony after warming up his left calf nervous before the game, and left the game after the foul after the opening, he did not want to miss Clay's big day!
Curry even gave up the finale position. Previously, Curry was the last Warriors to be introduced, but today, he gave that honor to his good brother Clay. Curry, in order to give Klay enough exposure, even when the Warriors announcer introduced Looney, he followed Looney into the field and let the spotlight stay on Clay for a long time.
Clay's comeback has also allowed Curry to regain his long-lost feel. Curry, who has made 2-of-19 three-pointers in the past two games, hit all four three-point shots in Clay's comeback. Warriors reporter Slater wrote: "After two days of rest, Klay's comeback was injected with energy, and Curry scored 4 of 4 from three in the first 8 minutes. ”
The forward signal also gives a piece of data. Since the 1976-77 season, only 8 players have been named to the All-Star five times before the age of 30, and only 8 players have been named to the All-Defensive Team and won the championship multiple times, 6 have become Hall of Famers (Bird, Jordan, O'Neal, Kobe, Duncan and Pippen), and the other two are active James and Klay Thompson! Thompson is comparable to the 7 superstars, and the US media jokes: "But he was not selected as the 75 superstars."