The NBA regular season continued, and today the Warriors traveled to the road to challenge the Timberwolves, and in the end they lost to the Timberwolves 99:119, and Curry missed the game due to injury. The Warriors as a whole have really been greatly affected by the lack of Curry and Green. Thompson's playing time has increased today, and today Thompson played 23 minutes and had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. It was 3-of-8 from outside the three-point line. Although the overall 5-of-14 shooting percentage didn't reach the level Thompson should have. But we can clearly feel that Thompson has gotten better and better with his new teammates, especially in terms of passing.
Thompson also talked about his form after today's game. Thompson thinks his shooting isn't good right now, but he's going to keep shooting because it's what he's best at. And Thompson set himself a goal of being at his best before the playoffs.
In fact, as a player who has not played for two and a half years, it is very rare to shoot 35.7% of the three-point shooting rate in the first four games of the comeback. Even though Thompson's three-point shooting percentage isn't high enough right now, he still surpasses most of the players in the league today. We're well aware that this isn't Thompson's best form, and the fans are giving Thompson an estimate before Thompson returns that he'll probably be able to slowly get to his best after twenty or thirty games. So this is only his fourth game and the fans should be patient enough.
Kerr has looked down on the regular season, and because the Warriors have accumulated a good enough record so far, it is basically a foregone conclusion that the Warriors will enter the playoffs this season. Now Kerr is stressing the health of the team. So when Curry and Green are injured, the team will be very patient with them to recover from the injury, even if the team loses, which is acceptable. Thompson let him find his form on the court as much as possible, and the Warriors hoped that Thompson could reach his best form before the playoffs, so the Warriors were patient up and down. They left Thompson 20-30 games to get back in shape.
During Green's absence, Cole also emphasized the use of Cuminga. Let Cumminga adapt to the rhythm of the court as soon as possible and accumulate experience as soon as possible, so that he can also play a role in the playoffs at certain times. Overall, the Warriors are now in the regular season in a state of running-in lineup training. In fact, their eyes are already on the playoffs, and they are mainly preparing for the playoffs.