Chapter 292: The Extreme of Another Scoring Guard

Curry couldn't make it and had to give the ball to Klay Thompson, who was another extreme of a shooting guard as the best off-ball running projection since Hamilton.

There is a kind of person who is destined to eat a certain bowl of rice from birth.

Klay Thompson is such a person, he was destined to eat basketball from birth.

Klay Thompson's father is former Lakers star and 1978 NBA No. 1 pick Mitchell Thompson, who won two NBA championships in his career and served as a live commentator for the Lakers; Thompson's mother was a college volleyball player. Mitchell Thompson has three sons, Klay Thompson is the second, the eldest McChar is also a basketball player who played briefly for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Tracy plays baseball and was drafted by the MLB's Chicago White Sox in 2009.

Because of his father, Klay Thompson has been carefully guided by many famous people since he was a child, including "Glider" Clyde Drexler, "Peter Pan" Kobe Bryant, and "Roaring Heaven" Rasheed Wallace also played with him on game consoles.

Klay Thompson, who grew up in such an environment, needless to say about his strength! Maybe he doesn't have a strong offensive ability with the ball, or maybe he doesn't have a strong breakaway ability, but as long as someone feeds him the ball, then he is definitely the best shooting guard in the league.

This may have been evident from his college days.

In 2008, Klay Thompson attended Washington State University.

In the 2008-09 season, Klay Thompson played in 33 games as a starter, averaging 12.5 points per game, topping the team in three-point shooting percentage and free throw shooting percentage, and was named to the Rookie of the Year team in the Big Ten Division.

In the 2009-10 season, Klay Thompson averaged 19.6 points per game, ranked second in the Big Ten Division, became the third-fastest player in the history of the school team to score 1,000 points, was named to the First Team of the Year in the Big Ten Division, and was nominated for the John Wooden Award Midseason. In the Greater Alaska Challenge, Thompson scored a record 43 points and was named the Most Outstanding Player — the third-highest single-game record in the history of a Washington State team.

In the 2010-11 season, Klay Thompson averaged 21.6 points per game to become the leading scorer in the Big Ten Division, and his total scoring of 733 points set a team record in team history, ranking third on the team's all-time scoring list, and was once again selected to the First Team of the Big Ten Division, becoming the third player in team history to be selected to the Division First Team twice, in addition, Thompson was also the first player in team history to win the Weekly Team three times in a single season. In the 2011 Big Ten Championship, Thompson hit eight three-pointers and scored a tournament record of 43 points.

And after entering the alliance, he quickly made a name for himself. On May 23, 2012, the NBA officially announced the shortlist for the 2011-12 All-Rookie Team, and Warriors rookie Klay Thompson was selected to the first team.

On March 13, 2014, in the Warriors' 98-111 loss to the Clippers, Klay Thompson hit four three-pointers, bringing his career three-point tally to 500, becoming the first player in NBA history to hit 500 three-pointers in the first three seasons of his career.

On January 24, 2015, when the Warriors hosted the Kings, Klay Thompson scored 37 points on 13-of-13 shooting in the third quarter, setting a new personal single-quarter scoring record in NBA history, surpassing the NBA single-quarter scoring record of 33 points held by Carmelo Anthony and "Iceman" George Gervin, and hitting 9 three-pointers in a single quarter also set a new record for individual three-pointers in NBA history. In the game, Thompson played 33 minutes, shooting 16 of 25, including 11 of 15 three-pointers and 9 of 10 free throws, scoring 52 points and 5 assists to help the Warriors win 126-101.

Of course, his real god came naturally in the playoffs against the Thunder...

On May 25, 2016, in the fourth game of the Western Conference finals, the Warriors played away against the Thunder, Klay Thompson scored 26 points in the whole game, including 19 points in the third quarter, setting a new career playoff single-quarter scoring record.

This game can be said to be the most dangerous time of the year for the Warriors, and if they lose that one, they will say goodbye to the playoffs, and there will be no chance for the "Death Five" to become famous, and Thompson can be said to have saved his teammates in danger.

And after this game, in the players' tunnel, there was a scene of the Warriors boss worshipping the miracle, which was really kneeling, which shows the shock that this game brought to the Warriors boss.

And then the crazier things continue ...

On December 6, 2016, when the Warriors played at home against the Pacers, Klay Thompson played 29 minutes, shooting 21 of 33, including 8 of 14 three-pointers, scoring 60 points, setting a new career single-game scoring record, including 40 points in the first half, setting a new career half-time scoring record. Thompson became the fourth player in Warriors history to score at least 60 points in a single game.

In short, Klay Thompson can be regarded as another extreme of a scoring guard.

His explosiveness, his stamina, and even his bounce are not at the top of the position.

But that shooting touch, it can be said that it is even better than Curry, at least Curry has not had the miracle of hitting nine three-pointers in a single quarter!

Klay is not very good at dribbling, although his dribbling skills are not improving, but for players in the same position, his dribbling is really not very good, which is why he can't play small forward.

Of course, he also got a blessing in disguise, and his height of 2.01 meters can be said to occupy a height advantage in scoring guards.

It's also for this reason that his shooting is even worse to defend in the same position.

When Clay got the ball, he chose to shoot directly, and it was also a very crisp goal.

After the goal, Thompson didn't have any expression, and he didn't shake his head like Curry, compared to the Warriors' more sassy style of play, Thompson seems to have some Buddhist girl.

Li Ming dribbled to the front court again, and this time the defender replaced him with Klay, who had just scored a three-pointer.

Klay's defensive ability has been underestimated by everyone.

In other words, Klay's defensive ability is a real defensive tough guy compared to the feeling that most pitchers give others weakness.

Defensively, there is no fear of any defense.

When D'Antoni was interviewed with Klay Thompson, he said the most about the defensive shock, he even said several times in a row, Klay's defense is good, Klay's defense is strong, his original words are like this: "He's great, he's a great defensive player, his defense is probably underrated, but he's very good, he can defend, he can really defend." ”

However, Thompson didn't have such defensive ability since he first entered the league...

He has also been growing up for a long time ...