NBA Gametime crew reacts Klay Thompson scored 30 points, lifting Warriors to 140-131 win over Bulls

NBA Gametime crew reacts Klay Thompson scored 30 points, lifting Warriors to 140-131 win over Bulls

Rebounds as the Golden State Warriors put up 140 a much needed win for Golden State after a couple bad losses Klay Thompson Leading The Way with 30 here is Klay on the state of the Warriors oh man I way to bring up the bad news first but uh I mean those last two yeah those last two games we just felt like they were anomalies of a season that we’ve been fighting so hard so many close battles lost and we weren’t discouraged we know that it’s a

Long season with Ed and flow so although we got beat by probably combined 100 we responded like we are like we did and uh we miss him a lot obviously but uh I mean just the allaround effort tonight we uh came out in that third with just

That uh toughness that we’ve always had as far as not relenting you know with the double digit point lead I mean you know F can be a championship team obviously we can’t claim that right right now being sub 500 but we know when we get whole and we got

To hold down the four while some of our best players are out we can be as good as anybody we’ve beat the best teams League we’ve competed with uh teams down the wire so we understand that um it’s not going to be easy this year it’s not

Going to be easy reg season we have to fight for wins every night but we know it’s Sky limit for a team like this uh we just got to keep going we can’t be discouraged cuz our record we think we’re better than that we just got to

Keep uh staying positive and you know you know playing for one another Len I’m not trying to break up the Warriors here but coach I want to get back to your point for a second just Klay Thompson goes for 30 he’s been playing so much better as of late

Especially in the New Year’s playing really well if you’re a team you’re you’re calling Golden State right especially he could fit on on a bunch of on every when we sit up here night in and night out and we talk about Championship caliber teams and we talk about what they’re lacking what’s the

First thing everybody say shooting right you can never have enough shooting well this guy the second maybe the second greatest shooter or in the conversation as one of the second greatest shooters ever to play the game and 6′ s now he’s not the lock down Defender he used to be

But you can’t tell me that Klay Thompson don’t know how to play great team defense and then look at him coming off the screens Smitt it with that quick quick trigger how many guys can come off screens in the day NBA and shoot the ball and get rid of it that quick you

Add him to the Lakers you add him to Milwaukee you add him to Philly you add him to Denver you put him on any other the teams right now in of the top three teams in either of the conference and they automatically go to the top as being the championship caliber team

Because of what he brings to the table and the fact that he’s not going to get rattled in the playoffs look how many times he been to the finals and he got four of them things I’m with Sam I mean I when he’s right he’s right I just add another team

Sacramento Sacramento cuz Mike Brown was his coach still in California he maybe can’t be on his boat as much but here we go clay and Sacramento or was that hour and a half Drive yep something like that right yeah it’s a short Drive Sacramento and Denver is the two teams I love to

See play if he’s leaving gold State Warriors fans yeah what not saying he’s going talking yeah just but they got until probably about a week or so before the trading deadline if they if if if they’re going to keep this team together and be buyers they need to put together

A run they need to show the owner and management that they can compete we get close to the trade deadline and you’re below 500 no that’s now you’re just talking but if you can go on a a run and win 10 out your next 12 games something

Like that and show that you can get back in this thing and flip it because SMI just said it earlier they’re only five games back at Dallas but it’s not the five game look at the teams you got a Leap Frog it’s not like those teams yeah it’s not like they going to

Lose also they’re trying to win so playing 500 basketball is not going to get you anyway you got to go play wi about 85 86% of those games to see can you move up yeah you know and I say Bill sorry to cut you off defense is so

Important you know the guys that missing Draymond obviously no susing people don’t realize how big is Gary Payton second B yes coming off that bench just to how he just rup things and disruptor I mean they’re missing him and Draymond I’m not saying they’ll be a championship

Team but they’ll be totally different as those two guys were playing clay sounds like they got a lot of belief in themselves and then you look at a third quarter like they had today where they score 48 and then you kind of get those feelings maybe not of the same old Warriors team

But that maybe they do still do have it maybe need some tinkering but with their core yeah you know the things when you get old I I I think for me is I think yeah they can compete with everybody in the league at times in spurts offensively they’ve lost so much defens

That’s the one thing is they can’t get stops when they want said look man they they they Steph still a pretty good Defender clay Sam said not a lock down Defender with Wiggins hasn’t been defending way you if I say right now who’s their best defender right now I

Don’t know don’t know and that’s the one thing is probably kaban Lun probably kaban thank you Sam yes and let I’m so glad Sam said that this kid would puts his hard hat on every day and I don’t think he gets enough crazy oh no no and

And and you know what he’s perfect for that team because he understands his role but than even though they won tonight dude they gave 131 points championship team when golden state was winning a championship defense they was top 10 Team every year we talk about offense we talk about nobody wins a

Championship nobody has won a championship being in the bottom half you if you’re not top 13 at least you can forget about it you’re not going to win a championship if your defense if you’re in the 20th defensively it’s not going to happen let me ask you about the Chicago

Bulls then the team that they beat today Chicago had one three straight uh so they snapped that streak but they’ve been playing better again as of late too they played really well without Zack LaVine not saying exact Line’s a problem but they were playing well without him

He’s back in the lineup what’s your plans at the deadline for a team like Chicago cuz in the past they haven’t sold they got to be sellers I mean right now is and I don’t know who it is I mean but I think the Chicago Bulls have to be

Sellers another guy on that team I want to give credits vuvi plays every night Sam doesn’t get the credit every night doesn’t miss games I like guys that available and he come to play they but I I mean I can’t speak for those guys cuz

You never want to be on TV saying they should trade the roll St Zack guys they might not want to leave but they they will be sellers I think by the deadline the reason they’re going to be sellers the way Kobe white is played if he was still struggling they blow the whole

Thing but now you your young guys are Pat Patrick Williams those Kobe white they’re starting to play better now you can look back and say okay if I move dear if I move Zach get some more young guys I still got some young pieces to to start building around those guys so they

Got to be s look they’re playing better all bad no matter what how bad your team is I’m going to blow your mind Detroit at some point this year is going to win two or three games one day am I right Smitt at some point it happens this NBA

At some point they going to get they’re going to go on the streak and win maybe two three four five six games in a row I’m serious they’re going to figure out how to win some games at some point right teams are going to take them late aik

Teams are going to be on the back to back the schedule going to even out but this is the thing you got to bring defense every night if you’re going to win and you look at what Golden State’s doing 131 points not being able to do thing then you look at Chicago where

They are right now with the payroll Zach and dear gonna be a free agent you can’t start paying guys when you’re losing you can’t do that so you got to strip it down and try to rebuild this thing cuz the East Who you gonna catch you ain’t catching Boston you ain’t catching

Philly you ain’t catching Milwaukee and now look at how Cleveland starting to play like we thought Cleveland starting to play up their talent level and they have two starters out think about when they get them back look at the Knicks since they’ve got OG look how much better they’ve gotten so if you’re

Chicago look at the ladder you got to climb to try to get in contention got to be realistic at some point right yeah uh demard Rosen by the way 39 points in this game seven rebounds five assists another guy who would look really good on some other teams and contenders

Around the league man you put him on the Knicks and put him in the back court with Bronson and then you got OG at the three now you’re bigger now you got a guy that scores different and he’s another facilitator that can handle the ball I love him right now because he

Puts pressure on you I mean starting to shoot more threes like you say but that’s really not a lot um but his rad and butter is right there in the paint the mid-range and he has size and I love that he’s worked on his game I was Nicks that’s if I got one

More move that’s the guy cuz he’s going to help get your to because he can go get your buckets or facilitate buckets now think about it you have uh Brunson Demar de Rosen OG Julius rle and then that bench now you slide guys down to

The bench who now all of a sudden you’re a really good deep basketball team yeah DeMar rosen professional score no doubt about that uh could help a lot of teams out there Foree And so new if my come foreign spee speee Foree foree spee for speech speech Don’t spee spee speee spee See Fore Hi To for Fore spe spee fore foree speee for spe speech okay nice little spee you my so for For

NBA Gametime crew reacts Klay Thompson scored 30 points, lifting Warriors to 140-131 win over Bulls