In today's regular season finale, the Warriors beat the Pelicans 128-107 to end the regular season with a big win.
The Warriors eventually achieved a record of 53 wins and 29 losses, ranking third in the West, which is the Warriors' re-entry of at least 50 wins after two years and a return to the playoffs after two years. In the first round of the playoffs, the Warriors will play against the Nuggets, and as long as Curry returns in time, the Warriors should not have much problem breaking through the first round.
In today's game, Thompson played his best performance since his comeback, playing only 30 minutes, shooting 16-of-29, including 7-of-14 three-pointers and 2-of-3 free throws, with 41 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Thompson's 41 points set a new season high, following a record of 38 points against the Bucks on March 13, 2022. This is also the first time that Thompson has scored 40+ in three years since the Lakers scored 44 points on January 22, 2019.
In the final three games of the regular season, Thompson scored 36, 33 and 41 points, respectively. This is also Thompson's three consecutive games in six years to cut 30+, the last time dating back to March 2016.
In his last 10 games, Thompson has also been in excellent form, averaging 26.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 35.1 minutes per game, shooting 44.3 percent, 40.2 percent and 84.6 percent from the field, three-point range and free throw line.
After cutting 40+ today, Thompson's season average has also increased from 19.7 to 20.4 points per game. After suffering two major injuries and being reimbursed for two consecutive seasons, Thompson can still have a level of 20+ per game, indicating that his fuel tank is still oily.
It is worth mentioning that in the history of the NBA, only Jordan can maintain the level of 20+ per game after two years of absence. After Jordan retired for the second time in 1998, he made a comeback in 2001 at the Wizards, and nearly 40 years old also averaged 20+ per game. Although Thompson is not very old, he has suffered two major injuries and has been injured for more than two years, which is also quite rare to be able to do this.
If Thompson can continue such a great form in the playoffs, coupled with Curry's return and Poole, who has proven himself, the Warriors are still very much worth looking forward to this season.
Poole also performed well today, shooting 7-of-16, 4-of-9 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free throw line to get 22 points, 4 boards, 5 assists and 2 blocks. Since March, Poole has scored 20+ on 18 occasions, behind Embiid (20 games) and Jokic (19 games) in the same period, and 17 consecutive 20+ games have also set a new career record. After Curry's injury, it was Thompson and Poole who carried the Warriors' offensive banner.