Monday evening, the Warriors used their trip to the Rockets to end their 11-game road losing streak. The opportunity, also, for some players of the “Dubs” to return to the land of some of their finest battles, fought in the second half of the 2010s.
In 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, Golden State had faced Houston four times in the playoffs, constantly eliminating the Texas franchise in the first round, in the conference semifinals or in the conference finals. Series often hooked, but which have always smiled on the men of Steve Kerr.
A few years later, the two teams have evolved well. One more than the other, because the Rockets are in full reconstruction, while the Warriors have become champions again, despite a (short) complicated period.
One win away from bringing down Golden State…
Inevitably, even if the rivalry between the two teams is no longer relevant and James Harden, Chris Paul or Clint Capela have left, Klay Thompson has memories that go back to when he walked the floor of the Toyota Center.
” I thought to myself that I was pretending to play the Rockets of 2018, these Rockets against whom each confrontation seemed like a battle ”, recognized the backabout this confrontation against Houston.
Author of 29 points against the Rockets on Monday night, Klay Thompson did not fail as often to hurt – to a lesser degree – the Texas franchise. ” Youth ” And ” talented in his words, Stephen Silas’ players are only ” not to be taken lightly despite being the worst team in the Western Conference (18-54) and Golden State did the job of beating them, not without shaking.
A happy passage, both individually and collectively, but rather heavy in nostalgia and destabilizing for the 33-year-old shooter.
” The Rockets I used to face in the 2010s were seasoned veterans “, he remembered then. ” There was James [Harden]one of the best players in franchise history, there have been [Chris Paul] also… They had such a great team, they almost knocked us down [Game 7 en 2018, ndlr]I have a lot of respect for those Houston teams… Now I feel old playing those young guys. »
Jalen Green, Jabari Smith Jr, Kevin Porter Jr, Kenyon Martin Jr. or even Tari Eason… Only players who were still in high school when Klay Thompson and the Warriors brought down the Rockets in the playoffs!
| Klay Thompson | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2011-12 | GOS | 66 | 24 | 44.3 | 41.4 | 86.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 12.5 |
| 2012-13 | GOS | 82 | 36 | 42.2 | 40.1 | 84.1 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 16.6 |
| 2013-14 | GOS | 81 | 35 | 44.4 | 41.7 | 79.5 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 18.4 |
| 2014-15 | GOS | 77 | 32 | 46.3 | 43.9 | 87.9 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 21.7 |
| 2015-16 | GOS | 80 | 33 | 47.0 | 42.5 | 87.3 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 22.1 |
| 2016-17 | GOS | 78 | 34 | 46.8 | 41.4 | 85.3 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 22.3 |
| 2017-18 | GOS | 73 | 34 | 48.8 | 44.0 | 83.7 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 20.0 |
| 2018-19 | GOS | 78 | 34 | 46.7 | 40.2 | 81.6 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 21.5 |
| 2021-22 | GOS | 32 | 29 | 42.9 | 38.5 | 90.2 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 20.4 |
| 2022-23 | GOS | 60 | 33 | 43.5 | 40.6 | 87.7 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 21.9 |
| Total | 707 | 33 | 45.5 | 41.6 | 85.2 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 19.8 | |
