It's roughly like this, yesterday in the regular season, the Warriors won 122-109 at home to the Bucks, this game Thompson played well, he shot 15 of 24, 8 of 14 three-pointers, 38 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, the plus-minus value was as high as +27, of which in the second quarter, Thompson scored 17 points in a single quarter, and the Warriors also played 39-30 in this quarter.
It's no exaggeration to say that this is Thompson's best game since his comeback from a major injury, with 38 points not only his highest score this season, but also the highest score in the past three years — the last time Thompson scored more than 35 points was back in March 2019, a full 1101 days have passed.
However, in this game, it is not only Thompson who has played well for the Warriors, but Also Poole's performance must be commendable.
In the whole game, Poole started a total of 35 minutes, shooting 9 of 16, 5 of 10 three-pointers, 7 of 7 free throws, 30 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, +26 plus-minus on the field, second on the team after Thompson.
If Thompson dominated the second quarter, then the third quarter belonged to Poole, who scored 14 points in this quarter with 4-of-8, 5-of-5 three-pointers, and 4-of-4 free throws, and it was also because of Poole's excellent play that the Warriors were able to continue to expand their advantage in the third quarter with 36-26 and enter the final quarter with a 19-point difference.
You can see that Thompson and Poole are in quite hot form, and the two have become the first warriors to have 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a single game since Curry and Durant in December 2018.
The difference is that Thompson's overall feel over the past month has not been good, and it wasn't until this one that it broke out completely, but Poole, he's been on fire for a while.
Get a feel for Poole in the last six games:
Against the Lone Ranger, he was 8-of-12 and 3-of-6 from three-point range, with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
Against the Lakers, he shot 9 of 15 and 4 of 8 from three points, with 23 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists
Against the Nuggets, he was 11-of-19, 8-of-12 from three-point range, and had 32 points, three rebounds and seven assists
Against the Clippers, he was 8-of-13 and 4-of-6 from three-point range, with 20 points, three rebounds and four assists
Against the Nuggets, he shot 8-of-13, 4-of-7 from three-point range, and had 21 points, five rebounds and seven assists
Against the Bucks, he shot 9-of-16 and 5-of-10 from three-point range, with 30 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
In six games, Poole averaged 24.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game, shooting 60.2%/57.1%/93.8% from three games and shooting 78.4% from the field .
Zooming in to the entire season, Poole currently averages 16.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, shooting 45.3%/35.9%/92.6% from three fields and shooting 59.9% from the field.
As a comparison, Poole over the past two years:
- In 2019-20, he averaged 8.8 points per game and shot 45.4% from the field.
- In the 2020-21 season, he averaged 12.0 points per game and shot 58.1% from the field.
If you remember, two years ago, Poole was still considered the "essence of human rot", but now Poole is the Warriors' biggest surprise, this season's progress is obvious to all, in some games, his performance is not even lost to the Splash Brothers.
One statistic is that if Poole and splash brothers play at the same time, the Warriors' offense is crazy - this season Poole, Thompson, Curry are on the court for 104 minutes at the same time, the Warriors' offensive and defensive efficiency is 126.0/85.8, and they can net 40.2 points over opponents in 100 rounds.
After today's game, Kerr said: "I know Poole has the potential to become an All-Star, I keep telling him this, I often tell him, don't take the best sixth person as your goal, your goal should be an All-Star." ”
Seeing that Poole has made such great progress, the Warriors should naturally be happy, but at the same time, there are troubles when they are happy.
Poole entered the league with the Warriors on a four-year, $10.09 million rookie contract, the last two years of the contract are team options, including an annual salary of $3.9 million next season, but this offseason, Poole is eligible to renew the Contract with the Warriors early.
According to previous reports, Poole's market value is about 80 million for 4 years, but in terms of the performance of the past six games and Cole's All-Star expectations for Poole, 20 million may not be enough.
Of course, Poole also needs more tough performance to prove himself, this year's playoffs will be a huge challenge, just imagine, if he can help the Warriors win the championship, then 20 million, absolutely can not run.