Klay Thompson Held Out Of Warriors’ Game Vs. Celtics With Ankle Injury

Interim head coach Luke Walton said Thompson, who is listed as questionable, will be a game-time decision.

Klay Thompson knows he’s going to have to do some serious persuading about the health of his right ankle before the Warriors let him play Friday against the Celtics. By Net Rating, there is no single player’s absence that would result the opponent scoring more than Golden State per 100 possessions. Defensively, the Celtics yield 97.9 points against the opposing teams.

After 10 season home games, Golden State are selling out the Oracle Arena in Oakland in the majority of their matches, while still attracting 98.8 per cent capacity crowds in their 13 season games on the road. Under all those championship banners hanging from the Garden’s rafters, Golden State will be gunning for its 24th straight win to start the year. Yesterday I talked to general manager [Bob Myers], just talking about some for the players, their development.

The refrain this season will be that the Warriors should be fine as long as Curry and Draymond Green stay upright and mobile – they missed a combined five games last season and are the only two Warriors to have played in all 23 games this season.

Just about two months into the season, defending champions, The Golden State Warriors seem to be on another level right now. More legendary. They will be hosted by the Boston Celtics, one of the great franchises in NBA history, in a basketball-crazed city, in close proximity to the media entity that dictates all things important.

“We’re a confident group and they’re a confident group”, Crowder said. “To me, he’s just a victor; he impacts winning”.

“Just knowing any given night you don’t know who’s going to be that guy, that’s the strength of this team”.

Green says his play-making is something that works for the Warriors’ system. “We’ve seen that consistently with Brandon Rush and Ian Clark filling in for Harrison”, Walton said.

“It’s just another kind of testament to the changes we made”. I know I can’t go out there lacking.

Asked how he wouldn’t get so excited, Sullinger said, “They’re in the same league as us”.