After a break of more than two and a half years, Clay Thompson took part in the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) game on Sunday, helping the Golden State Warriors to beat Cleveland at 96:82 (24:21, 27:25, 28:14, 17:22). Cavaliers’ unit.
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The three-time NBA champion Thompson has not played in the sixth match of the April 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. The striker missed the entire following season due to a cross-ligament injury at the time, but in November 2020 he also suffered a severe Achilles tendon injury.
The Warriors striker had not been on the field for 941 days due to injuries.
Thompson went home in Sunday’s match and scored his team’s first points in the 40th second of the game, cheering in the stands.
“I’ve been trying to visualize this moment for years,” Thompson said of his return to the pitch. “I’m excited to be able to play again. It’s unbelievable.”
Some front-end tickets to the match are reported to have cost more than $ 20,000 (€ 17,700).
In total, Thompson scored 17 points in his 20 minutes in his return game, winning three rebounds, giving away one pass, blocking one throw, making two mistakes, earning two personal notes and +/- -2.
Stephen Curry was the top scorer in the Warriors with 28 points, while Lamar Stevens stood out with the Cavaliers with 17 points.
Thompson, 31, was one of the main players in the Warriors, dominating the league with five consecutive NBA Finals and a 2015, 2017 and 2018 title.
Stephen Curry releasing most of the 2019/2020. Due to a broken arm in the 2020 season, the Warriors ranked last in the Western Conference in 2020, without Thompson.
Thompson is also a five-time NBA All-Star participant, winner of the 2016 NBA three-point competition, as well as winner of the 2014 World Cup and champion of the 2016 U.S. national team.
After the success, the Warriors returned to the leading positions in the overall standings of the Western Conference and the entire league with 30 victories in 39 matches.
