Despite the fact that Stephen Curry doesn’t look like he’s going to take the floor any time soon, the Golden State Warriors are starting to get healthy at the right time. Draymond Green picked up a few knocks that kept him sidelined, but he’s back. Kevin Durant didn’t last long in his return to the floor, but he’s back, too.
Now, the third member of Golden State’s four-man core is healthy and prepared to play. According to Chris Haynes of ESPN, Klay Thompson is going to suit up and take the floor during the Warriors’ game on Saturday night against the Sacramento Kings.
Golden State guard Klay Thompson tells ESPN he will return from a fractured right thumb tonight at Sacramento. He had missed the past eight games.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) March 31, 2018
Thompson has been dealing with a right thumb injury, which as Haynes mentioned was a fractured right thumb. He got hurt in mid-March and is right on time to return, as he was expected to come back onto the floor before the end of March.
Prior to going down, Thompson was as dangerous of a shooter as there is in the league. While his 19.7 points per game is his lowest mark in a season since 2013-14, he’s setting career marks in field goal percentage (49 percent) and three-point field goal percentage (44.3 percent).
With a potential showdown with the Rockets looming in a few weeks, the Warriors have to be as close to 100 percent as possible heading into the postseason, and getting Thompson back certainly helps them move closer to that goal.
