Warriors’ Klay Thompson will miss Celtics game

Boston isn’t an easy place to play, and the Warriors are going to have their backs against the wall if they’re going to keep their record flawless.

And now we’re here. At their best, they need only a minute or two to turn tight games into merciless beatings. “They should have rested that fourth quarter, and it’s on us to hold down the fort”. What is relatively nouveau to the league, they have put the time in to flawless. “He can be the final factor on not playing, but he cannot be the final factor whether he is on the court tonight”. Thompson and company had to reenter the game late to protect the lead after the Warriors bench was outmatched by frustrated Pacers starters, who closed but ultimately lost 131-123.

Who do you think will win this game? “Their attention to detail is great”.

“We don’t really look at records or streaks or whatever that is”, Draymond Green said. Lee believes they have the tools to do so. Walton said Thompson felt a little bit of pain with some of the movements. “Hopefully, I’ll get the same progress tomorrow, and I should be good to go here soon”.

On paper, the Celtics are defensively built to beat the defending champs.

Thompson is averaging 18.2 points and shooting 44.2% on three-pointers, and after a slow-ish start to the season, he has played well since November 19.

Thompson also missed the November 14 game against Brooklyn, when the Warriors won in overtime. He’s the focal point of their offense. Teams coming off championship seasons, tend to find it hard to find the fire that sparked their previous title run. Check back for a free pick. A sliver of air space and he’ll launch a three. Curry is indeed doing it in his own way. “They’ve got to stop us as well”. And they still make really tough shots. That starts with IT4. Like Brad said today, we’re just going to focus on ourselves.

Tuesday’s game in Indianapolis was the hottest Pacers ticket at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in years.

Since being inserted into the starting lineup, Thomas has been more dynamic as a playmaker and is averaging his highest assist-to-turnover rate in his career. Not allowing individual greed in the team building has been one of the reasons the Warriors seem unfazed on their rise to stardom and fame. Curry has been above defenses. It was a total team effort by the Celtics as seven other players scored in double figures including 15 points from Kelly Olynyk and 13 points from Jae Crowder.

“This team is good”. Teams will try to imitate it, but will never come close to what the Warriors have. That’s where the Celtics find themselves in Year #3 of the rebuild. At this point in the season Harrison Barnes is playing at an All Star level with big games against the Los Angeles Clippers, twice.