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Klay Thompson is often an overlooked part of the Golden State Warriors team now, especially since Kevin Durant is in town.
He is still one of the most important players on the team, and for the most part of his career, he has done a good job of playing through pain.
Thompson credits playing in rough pickup games as a child for helping him get through the pain that goes with an NBA season now.
“Being able to have brothers beat up on in the driveway and playing football my whole life helped,” Klay Thompson told Mark Medina of The Mercury News. “You never know what it’s like to be hurt until you play the sport of football. You arguably can get hurt every play. I developed that as a child. I just want to continue.”
During Game 1, Thompson suffered a lateral left leg contusion during a collision with J.R. Smith. He went back to the locker room for a few minutes, but then returned to the game. Thompson said he is still sore, but there is no doubt that he will be playing in Game 2 on Sunday night.
“The stakes on the line right now are huge. So that helps,” Thompson said. “If this were Game 32 of the regular season, I would not have played [on Thursday]. It’s a long, long grind to get to where we want to be. But since we only need four wins to hoist that trophy, the pain tolerance can go up.”
The Warriors are going to need to have Thompson as close to 100 percent on Sunday to get a victory and take a 2-0 series lead heading back to Cleveland.
