On March 9, Beijing time, the Golden State Warriors successfully defeated the Los Angeles Clippers at home 112:97 in the regular season, thus ending the team's previous 5-game losing streak in the regular season. In this game, The Warriors' second-in-command star Thompson got 20 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, shooting 39.1% from the field, and the three-point shot was 2 of 9 shots, and overall Thompson's data performance is still quite sluggish. Since his official return to the regular season on January 10, Thompson has played a full 20 regular season games, so in the past period of time, how has Thompson's data performance been, this season salary of up to $37.98 million star player, what kind of stadium performance is he now?
In the past 20 regular season games, Thompson's average is 16.7 points, 4 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, shooting 40.9% from the field and 36.2% from three-point range. In terms of high-level data, Thompson's current season true shooting rate is 52.8%, ranking 262nd in the league's data list. It is now certain that Thompson, who has returned from injury, seems to be very struggling on the offensive end of the court, and the shooting is often very unreasonable, feeling that Thompson seems to be too anxious to prove himself after the comeback.
In addition, the most important thing is that Thompson's way of playing has changed, the original Thompson is more active in running positions to receive the ball and shoot, and now Thompson is holding the ball to break through the top of the strong shot. On the defensive end of the court, due to his continuous injury problems, Thompson's defensive ability has also declined significantly, and Thompson's pace and defensive ability have been invisible in the past. Of course, this is actually understandable, after all, Thompson is indeed absent from the NBA court for too long due to injury, and it is extremely normal for players to decline in physical ability after a major injury, and the return of a king like Durant throughout the history of the league is also quite rare.
Now it depends on whether Thompson can slowly regain his former competitive state in the next regular season, and after Green returns from injury, he may also be able to help Thompson integrate into the team lineup system as soon as possible. Anyway, Thompson is really not performing well now, fortunately, the Warriors don't need to worry about their playoff quota now, so the team can also let Thompson continue to seek status on the court, here is still hoping that Before the playoffs start Thompson can complete his own adjustment, after all, only Thompson returns to the state of strength, the Warriors have the opportunity to fight for the championship trophy in the playoffs!