By ADAM ZAGORIA
It may not have been Joe Namath guaranteeing the Jets’ Super Bowl victory, or Babe Ruth calling a home run in the 1932 World Series, but Steve Kerr called Klay Thompson’s breakout game.
After Thompson struggled through the early part of the season, the Golden State Warriors coach said of Thompson on Saturday in midtown New York: “Inevitably the dam will break and he’ll start going nuts again. It’ll come. I know he’s frustrated. He’s probably his own biggest critic, so he’ll get it going and we’ll try to help him as best we can.”
Sure enough, Thompson set an NBA record with 14 3-pointers on Monday night against the Bulls, passing his teammate Steph Curry in the process. Thompson went for 52 points on 14-of-24 shooting from deep, 18-of-29 overall. He scored 36 points and 10 3-pointers in the first half.
The 3-pointer that put Klay Thompson at the top of the NBA record book for 3PM in a game! ?#DubNation pic.twitter.com/tCfXNFVdvv
— NBA TV (@NBATV) October 30, 2018
Paul Millsap has scored 51 points in 139 minutes in five games this season.
Draymond Green has scored 59 points in 249 minutes over eight games this season.
Otto Porter has 59 points in 178 mins over six games this season.
Klay Thompson scored 52 points in 26 minutes tonight.
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) October 30, 2018
Entering Monday night, Thompson had made just 5-of-36 from deep in seven games.
“It’s going to happen, I think we all know,” Kerr said Saturday. “It’s a matter of finding our groove as a team, that usually helps Klay.
“If we get Klay a couple great shots, that’s probably when things are going to turn for him.”
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