Klay Thompson Has 17 Points in Return, Warriors Beat Cavs

Klay Thompson scored 17 points successful his instrumentality from 2 devastating injuries that sidelined him much than 2 1/2 years, helping the Golden State Warriors bushed the Cleveland Cavaliers 96-82 connected Sunday night.

Thompson was 7 of 18 from the tract and 3 of 8 from 3-point range. He added 3 rebounds, an assistance and a bargain successful 20 minutes, walking disconnected the tribunal to a thunderous ovation followed by chants of “Klay! Klay!” from the Chase Center crowd.

Stephen Curry had 29 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Jordan Poole added 14 points for Golden State. The Warriors snapped a two-game losing streak to necktie Phoenix for the NBA pb astatine 30-9.

Lamar Stevens had 17 points and 4 rebounds for Cleveland.

Thompson missed 941 days and hadn’t played since tearing the ACL successful his near genu successful Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals against Toronto. While rehabbing from country for that injury, helium tore his close Achilles tendon scrimmaging connected his ain successful November 2020.

The five-time All-Star yet made his much-anticipated return, and reached 2 vocation milestones — 12,000 points and 1,800 3-pointers.

“It was conscionable astonishing having him retired there,” Curry said connected the tv broadcast.

Thompson got disconnected to a dilatory commencement but showed plentifulness of the flash that made him a captious constituent connected Golden State’s 3 title teams from 2015-18.

At 1 constituent Thompson brought the assemblage to its feet erstwhile helium drove astir a defender adjacent the 3-point enactment and scored connected a jarring one-handed dunk. Thompson snarled and pounded his thorax arsenic helium walked backmost toward midcourt. Moments aboriginal helium made his archetypal 3-pointer to spell implicit 12,000 points and enactment the Warriors up 49-41.

After spending clip connected a stationary bicycle, Thompson started the 3rd 4th and made 3 consecutive shots, including his 1,800th.

TIP-INS

Cavaliers: Isaac Okoro missed his 3rd consecutive crippled due to the fact that of a sprained near elbow.

Warriors: Golden State has won 10 consecutive against Cleveland. … Juan Tosco-Anderson had 2 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists aft being questionable earlier the crippled due to the fact that of near ankle soreness.

UP NEXT

Cavaliers: At Sacramento connected Monday night.

Warriors: At Memphis connected Tuesday night.

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