The Golden State Warriors suffered another painful defeat on Saturday, this time against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. The final score was 124-116 after the Warriors led by as many as 14 points in the second quarter, and star shooting guard Klay Thompson struggled mightily. Thompson shot 3-of-13 from the field and scored just seven points in 31 minutes of play.

This was Thompson's second consecutive game with major shooting issues, raising some questions for Steve Kerr and Stephen Curry after the game.

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“Klay is pressing,” Kerr told ClutchPoints. “I feel like the sickness, the illness that kept him out of a couple of games, probably affected his conditioning and his timing. He's struggled the last two games, and he'll get it back. He cares so much. Klay wants so badly to do well, and he's definitely pressing, and he's just got to let the game come to him and he'll get there.”

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In Thompson's last two games, he shot a combined 9-of-30 during that stretch. It’s the Warriors guard's worst two-game stretch since he found some rhythm before the All-Star break.

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“There's a fine balance to who he is as a basketball player, who he is as a shooter and a scorer that he has to figure out,” Curry shared. “We got to support him, and try to put him in a position to be successful, and stick with him.”

Thompson is an elite player when healthy, and he believes he can get close to being that player again. Physically, you can see the possibilities. He's moving like his old self and getting to his spots. Once everything clicks for the Warriors star, he will be fine.