The Warriors beat the Cavaliers 92-86 at home today, ending a two-game losing streak to 30-9, drawing again with the Suns and returning to first place in the West.
Today's game was a very special game for the Warriors, as Thompson made a comeback today. Due to injuries that have suffered from a torn cruciate ligament and a ruptured Achilles tendon, Thompson has been reimbursed for two consecutive seasons, and has been absent for more than two years.
Thompson's last appearance was in Game 6 of the 2019 Finals, and to this day, exactly 941 days have passed. With Thompson reimbursed for two consecutive seasons, the Warriors have failed to make the playoffs in the past two seasons. While the Warriors' missed the playoffs wasn't entirely due to Thompson's season reimbursement, if Thompson had them, the Warriors wouldn't have been unable to even get into the playoffs.
After more than two years of waiting, Thompson finally ushered in a comeback, facing the old opponent Cavaliers, Thompson also played a very powerful performance, only 19 minutes, 18 out of 7, three points 8 3, scored 17 points, not only three points are still very strong, but also staged a separate person dunk. Judging from today's performance, Thompson is still very strong and has not been able to do it because of consecutive major injuries.
In today's game, Thompson also reached two major milestones at the same time, with a career total of more than 12,000 points and a total of more than 1,800 three-point shooting. Coupled with the fact that the Warriors won a big win today, ending a two-game losing streak and returning to the first place in the West, this is also a lot of happiness.
If it weren't for injuries, Thompson would have reached the 12,000 and 1,800 three-point milestones two years ago, and after 941 days late, Thompson finally reached these two milestones.
In the more than two years of Thompson's injury, Curry has reached the 3,000 three-point milestone and surpassed Ray Allen, and is also on track to reach the 20,000-point milestone this season. Without injuries, Thompson would have reached the 15,000-point milestone by now and is on track to hit the 2,500-point milestone this season.