“Klay Thompson is on fire” – ESPN DELIGHTS Warriors 123-112 win over Wizards; Stephen Curry 18 pts

“Klay Thompson is on fire” – ESPN DELIGHTS Warriors 123-112 win over Wizards; Stephen Curry 18 pts

Clay uh have I played chess against Clay I think so I think I have cuz I know you not to play Chessy really so I played oh no so I no I’ve played and when I was playing against my brother CL CLA was right there and he was commencing that’s

Beside the point this was an incredible game all right let’s go back to this game um because it’s the first game on the road trip usually the first game on the East Coast you take some adjustments for you guys for for the team to make right it’s it’s legs you just got there

With a long travel day the day before so this Warriors team did a good job of staying in staying engaged in the game offensively shooting over 50% uh from the field from the three-point line as well uh incorporating uh Chris Paul back into the lineup he looked really good 22

Minutes to play tonight and really was one of the big factors why the bench really outscored the bench of the of the Wizards tonight so my take away from the game was offensively the Warriors are great defensively they have to shore some things up as they move on in this

In this in this road trip 39 assists as fezy said 50% from the field 45 from the three um you know I thought the first half they were feeling it out as you know first game on East East Coast Road Trip Steve K played 11 guys uh but I

Tell you what the bench is clicking no doubt about what those bench points 5913 last time I Total Domination and and you know we talked about last week before Chris Paul got back um with with Clay tjd all these guys that he has options with the with the lob threaten the space

And with the shoot is going to be dynamic 59 15 they added a bucket Lake good catch there fezy fell but that’s a dominating night and let’s look at the second quarter here when the game flipped in a non Steph Curry minutes remember seep curry with scoreless of

The first half the first time he’s gone scoreless of the first half in the regular season since 2012 what he did it in November back in Denver Colorado but it didn’t matter because CP3 came in a 120 run here the warriors were able to grab a commanding lead a nine-point lead

55 to 46 now the Wizards did in the half with a 125 run but the non Steph Curry minutes they’ve gone well for the most part this season mly CP3 clay now Chas Jackson Davis really good stint for Chris PA and let’s not forget Moses Moody stepped in the starting line for

Andrew Wiggins so he got up to a good start um the second quarter was was solid but they really took control of the game in the third quarter let’s look at the third quarter tape here because look like the old third quarter Warriors here a 268 run they blew the Wizards out

In this Frame this was a differ to the basketball game they end the third quarter with a 9875 lead clay really got cooking with 13 points and in that frame Chris Paul setting up the offense this was beautiful basketball fezy I mean you start on one end the first clip is a

Defensive clip they get a Ste go get a layup and Klay Thompson had one of those Klay Thompson quarters where he just gets unconscious and wherever you find him as long as his feets were set his feet were set he was going to make that basket and then the warriors were

Playing defense they only let them score 17 points in that quarter and they just kept running on that fast break opportunities this is where the Warriors are at their best right here yeah I mentioned the 39 assist a lot a lot of those led to wide open good Rhythm high

Quality three-point shots warri make 21 threes to the Wizards 12 so the third quarter and the combination of dominated three-point line uh was the difference in this game yeah only four turnovers in that third quarter eight of 13 from the three-point line and Klay Thompson was pivotal with that now Steph Curry got

Rolling a scored eight points in that fre but really it was a Klay Thompson show four or five from the three-point line 46 overall 13 big ones and when he gets hot man we got the Splash Brothers here in the Bay Area we’ve been fortunate to watch these two but Klay

Thompson got it going look at that Rhythm jumper right there man it is pure this is what happened when when the Warriors move the basketball they get great shots and there’s nobody in the NBA maybe except for Steph Curry that you want to get that that you’re more comfortable shooting the basketball than

Klay Thompson when his feet are set and when you have a guy like Chris Paul really micromanaging that bench unit you have a cm of baskets this is this is all from Klay Thompson just all different ways that he can score the basketball but it started off with him getting good

Shots off of standstill shots and so from there he can just go off and do what he does when the ball when he’s when he’s red hot like that yeah with Chris Paul directing things and organizing things a lot of those um screen plays with Kavon Looney another

Guy he’s very familiar with good chemistry with and then you saw some clips with Draymond on the floor so you have Chris Paul directing things and he’s playing with veteran guys that know how to get him open and we know if the ball’s moving there’s timing and

Screening and he’s open he’s going to knock down those shots you know consistently as ever uh so tonight was just a beautiful game for clay uh and we you know those postgame comments I think are indicative of the way he’s approaching things relaxed you know sit

Start the game on the bench see how how it’s going and when he gets in there he’s he’s the featured guy he’s not he’s not stressing about getting shots they’re going to hunt him two or three times per possession that’s really comfortable for Klay thompon that perspective right there he was a big

Takeway in that postgame interview he’s just relaxed he’s chilling he’s like look I know I’m going to get my minutes I’ll get my shots up it tonight he got a lot of shots up especially that third quarter four or six a big night for Klay Thompson now Chris Paul hadn’t played

Since January 5th after fracturing his left hand against the Detroit Pistons he missed a grand total of 21 games during that stretch and before that stretch he was shooting 40% from the three-point line in his previous 14 games now he picked it up there had a season high

Four steals six assists nine points I didn’t think the pace dropped off much willly with CP3 in the game no I think it was Chris Paul we mentioned pregame bonan Fest he’s played really good all season early in the season did not translate to wins because the team

Wasn’t situated yet tonight Chris Paul was amazing after missing 21 games stepping in like he’s playing all season and you saw him do everything finding uh tjd for the dunk as a lob threat knocking down a three-point shot and probably most importantly finding Klay Thompson numerous times in the half

Court that play right there is what I love about CP3s game if you don’t respect him as a shooter he will make you respect him right there from the three-point line pulling up and shooting the three to make the defense honest and then coming off the ball screen to find

Tjd on the lob that’s something he’s done so many times in his career whether it was to Blake Griffin at Lob City or to any of the big men he’s played along side so tjd one of the guys who got to benefit from that but Klay Thompson also

Another guy who gets to benefit because we talked about Klay Thompson as a playmaker before this game but I was excited to see him play with Chris Paul that playmaker telling people where to go go set a screen for clay so he can flare and can get a ball scen on the

Other side these are things that you get when you have a veteran like Chris Paul Beck in we’ve got some amazing players uh in the NBA right now playing really deep in the Chris LeBron James in his 20th year Steph Curry Kevin Durant Chris Paul’s right up there I mean you got to

Really appreciate his dedication his discipline uh being out 21 games coming back in tip top shape sharp as ever in his 19th season I mean this guy has had an incredible career and I think he’s got a lot he’s going to have a lot of impact moving forward here for this

Warrior team and he told us earlier this season Willie he his shot will come around he’s been doing this his entire career three and five for the three-point line and you guys always you guys were mentioning how klay’s going to benefit from him but what about CP3 benefiting from the gravity of Klay

Thompson he’s going to knock down three-point shot he has his entire career the difference here he’s getting open three point shots so his percentage is going to go even up even higher I’m second that retweet retweet retweet right there I like that do they still

Call it retweet what do they call it X Twitter X rewind rewind I don’t know I want to rewind JK’s highlights from tonight that’s what I want to do he opened a game six of seven from the floor he was running the lanes he was cutting he was dishing Jonathan kigga 21

Points six rebounds five assists we love the efficiency fezy fail and how about this he didn’t attempt a single three-point shot he was selective got that little mid-range right there you say it right away o I love that shot i’ love to see him shoot that five times a

Game fesus I I just love the versatility of Jonathan kinga’s game he when he get gets the ball he’s looking up to see if guys are open he made some great passes to guys on the weak side just running and gunning that part of the game the

Fastpac nature of the game is going to be dictated by the young guys Jonathan kaminga is one of those guys can catch aive in transition when he gets it in in the open court he’s as dangerous as anybody in the league as he continues to get better it’s about how he can use

Those drives that he’s so good at he’s able to get into the teeth of the defense at any point how can he continue to get better at that to get shots for himself and make shots for other guys on the team I think that’s going to be the

Evolution of this Warriors offense they continue to get better here prime example of Jonathan kinger going to his strengths and staying away from his weaknesses you know the weakest part of his game is the three-point shot now I think I’m he’s more than capable of

Making it but when he takes it is the most important thing that’s awareness and shot selection tonight he didn’t have to go to three-point shot you know he didn’t get the ball late in the shot clock he didn’t get the swing swing to the corner attack the paint the Wizards

Were one of the worst defensive teams in the league the Warriors knew that attack the paint early and often that’s why he was 10 for 13 and it’s time to show Moses Moody some love he always stays ready we mention it all the time the thirdy year man out of Arkansas got his

Fifth start of the season now Andrew Wiggins who missed a game due to personal family reasons here in Moses moody in the previous four starts he shot 57% from the floor and 40 from three well all seven of his the tips tonight came for the three-point line

And he nailed four of them four threes he hustled we saw one of those highlights with JK him diving in to the bench there to save a loose ball Moses Moody St already there that’s the definition of a professional M no question and his role with this team

Filing in for Andrew Wiggins is spacing the floor he he will be the recipient of ball movement wide open at the three-point line and fesus me mentioned pregame he’s a really good athlete not the best athlete but he he always always hustles he gives the extra effort and

One of the highlight plays of the game was him saving the ball out of bounds to Draymond from the alley to from Steph to kaminga yeah and the thing I love about him is he’s always going to give the extra effort Moses Moody is a guy he had

Two steals tonight one of the things that we don’t talk about is his defensive effort when he gets in the game he’s always putting pressure on the other teams uh some of their best players on the offensive end and then he he got a steal got a couple blocks these

Are things that he does on the floor that gives effort gives energy to the Warriors offense they can start the fast break because it’s MOS Moody man I love the the saved passes there on the on the on the offensive rebound there and what we would say about him Bon Fest he’s

Always he’s always in the right place offensively and defensively whether it be to take a charge get deflections and then when that Ball’s moving around he’s not running off that open three-point shot he’s spacing and he’s confident catching shoot very consistently so the Warriors kick off this four game road

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