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In the Battle of Huyong, we once again witnessed the "Buddha's light".
In the final quarter of yesterday's Lakers-Warriors game, the Warriors' offense suddenly came to a standstill, and the Warriors, who had originally led by up to 15 points in the third quarter, trailed by 6 points 103-109 in the last 4 minutes of the fourth quarter.
At that time, the Warriors lost three consecutive offensive attempts, Curry's pass was almost broken, and then the ball fell into the hands of Clay on the left side of the court. Facing James' defense, Clay took a knife and shot three points.
After this ball, it was Clay's personal performance. With 3 minutes and 31 seconds left, Thompson hit a three-pointer, the Warriors 106-109 Lakers; with 2 minutes and 41 seconds left, Thompson hit a three-pointer, the Warriors hit 109-109 Lakers; the remaining 1 minute and 14 seconds, Thompson hit a three-pointer, the Warriors 115-113 Lakers.
In less than four minutes, Clay alone hit three three-pointers, and each shot was shot behind.
Throughout the fourth quarter, Thompson shot 6 of 10 from the field, 3 of 4 from three points, and scored 16 points in a single quarter, while the Lakers only scored 21 points in this quarter. All the time, Thompson played 30 minutes, shooting 12 of 22 from the field, 5 of 9 from three-point range, 33 points and 5 rebounds, and his plus-minus on the court reached +10, the warriors' team-highest.
Those three-pointers were Clay's highlight moments, but if you were to find a flashpoint for Clay, it would be when there were 9 minutes and 51 seconds left in the fourth quarter. At that time, Clay broke through with the ball to shake Off Reeves, then dodged Munch's defense and prepared to make a left-handed layup, but was nailed by Reeves behind him. In this offensive and defensive round, the Lakers not only defended, but also scored a goal.
According to one of the most common explanations, it is the difference of 4 points inside and outside. Seeing that the Warriors' morale was a little low, Klay stepped forward. With 8 minutes left in the game, he faced Reeves again, rushed directly into the basket, and scored 2+1 against James, who was defending.
After the game, Clay described the turning point as follows: "Especially after the opponent gave you a nailed cap, it felt like it was amazing to score such a goal, to let the opponent's defender know that you can't scare me. So I feel great. ”
The first 30+ of the season came from a game against the Lakers, which is very much in line with Clay's status as a "big scene player". After all, the last time Clay finished 30+ in the regular season was on March 13, 2019, 1,068 days ago. And the last time he scored 16 points in a single quarter was in 2018.
Clay said after the game: "The last two seasons have been weird, I'm not good at watching games at home, honestly, I've just been working on it because I haven't played in a long time, I don't lie, it's been really hard in those two years, I've spent a lot of time in rehabilitation and training, but it's all worth it. ”
Curry said of Clay: "He really gave an extraordinary performance, we have all seen him before, and we all know that we will see him again." So he really did a great job and I'm really happy to see him come back on the field and still be able to do that. ”
Players tend to have a good game to get attention, but for Clay, it's not a "blow". Because of his comeback so far, Clay's performance is enough to make fans happy.
So far, Clay has played 14 games, averaging 17.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 24.7 minutes per game, shooting 43.8%/38.9%/96.3% of the three-field shooting rate and shooting 56.8% of the actual shooting rate.
Of course, when he first returned this season, Klay also had some struggles, such as the 7-of-7 shooting against the Pacers, such as the last game against the Knicks, where Klay missed a deadlock.
But you can see that Clay has been in better and better shape lately, although he is often suspended by Cole, but in the last 8 games, Clay has won 20+ in 4 times, averaging 20.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, shooting 48.4%/44.6%/93.8% of the three shots, and shooting 62.8% of the true shooting rate.
If you look at the data at a higher level, you can see that Clay's playing style has also changed somewhat. In his 14 comeback games, the percentage of the basket singles and the blocker offense was 6.2%, and his two ball-holding offenses scored 1.2 and 1.333 points per round, respectively, surpassing more than 95% of the league's players.
In the 2018-19 season before Clay's injury, he had a 4.5% share of singles in the basket and 4% of the attacking weight of the ball carrier, and the two offensive methods scored 0.887 and 1.206 points per round, respectively.
Simply put, Clay's offense with the ball has increased and efficiency has improved. Of course, this is a small sample incident, after all, just like the previous dunkable ball, Clay will choose the latter, but he will choose the dunk more when he returns from a serious injury. So this "running to the basket" result is presented.
But this also shows that Clay has honed his ball in the recovery stage of injury in order to have a better improvement.
But his own explanation was: "I already have these weapons in my weapons bag, and I have been able to attack with the ball since high school, but these techniques are not as prominent as my shooting." ”
On the defensive end, Klay's opponents this season have shot 39.4 percent from 46.5 percent and three-point shooting from 34.9 percent to 25.0 percent.
However, it should be noted that Clay, who has just returned, is not the team's top defensive expert. According to statistics, Klay has only spent 18.5% of the time defending against opponents' ball use in star players this season, compared with 26% in the 2018-19 season. Such roles are more for Payton Jr. and Wiggins, but it is enough to show that in the current Warriors lineup, Klay can focus more on the offense.
Clay said after the game: "There are few people in this league who can easily get 30 points. Getting 30 points means I can do more. I mean, I'm still not that happy with my performance. I don't lie, but it feels really good. ”
The Warriors currently have a record of 42 wins and 15 losses, the second in the league. And the three-man combination with the highest winning percentage in the history of "Ku Chai Tang" has only played a total of 7 seconds this season, so in Klay's current state, can it be higher expectations for the Warriors?
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