finals reenacted, and the Warriors defeated Celtics 123-107. Thompson scored 34 points, but his favorite ball today is on the defensive end. "It feels really great to have a guy nailed the board down," Thompson said. "I think I haven't done that in four years, and that's probably my favorite moment tonight."
4 years? Is it really that rare? In fact, it may be longer.
"I had a big hat on the 2015 or 2016 game against the Kings," Thompson recalled. "It sounded like a brick hitting the rebound. I really couldn't remember the ball except that (when did it), so yes, it was great!"
Warriors reporters took out the ball that Thompson mentioned, which was actually even longer, and it was eight years ago. That was a game against the Kings in 2014. Thompson was only 24 years old at the time. He nailed the board and hated the King's Ray McCallum.
Back to this game against the Celtics, Thompson is good at both offense and defense. Not only did he score 34 points, he also limited Tatum very well. In the whole game, Tatum made 6 of 21 shots and scored only 18 points. Thompson, who returned from serious injury, is indeed not as fast as before, but he is very strong. Green teased him that he could even play power forward.
Thompson nailed the board and the big hat Tatum is a microcosm of the Warriors' defensive end in this game. So far this season, the Warriors' defensive efficiency is only 20th, but facing the Celtics, which is the first offensive in the league, at least in this game, the Warriors played a championship-level defense.
This is just the fifth time in 27 games that the Celtics scored below 110 points. The Warriors limited the Celtics' shooting percentage to 43.7%, including 12 of 40 three-pointers. This is also the sixth time the Celtics did not hit 45% this season, and the sixth time they failed to hit more than 12 three-pointers. The Celtics scored 17 assists in this game, tying the lowest record in the season.
In the absence of Wiggins , Cole asked Thompson to defend Tatum, which made Thompson excited. In addition to Thompson, Looney , Green, Kumingga and others also faced the Celtics' core, showing a good defensive effect. Before facing the Warriors, Tatum made more than 20 attempts in 14 games, and in those 14 games, Tatum averaged 35.1 points and never scored less than 26 points. He shot 21 times in this game and only scored 18 points.
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