{"id":3941,"date":"2022-04-04T04:28:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T04:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/klay-thompson-jordan-poole-share-emotional-hug-after-warriors-win-vs-jazz-nbc-sports-bay-area\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T04:28:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T04:28:41","slug":"klay-thompson-jordan-poole-share-emotional-hug-after-warriors-win-vs-jazz-nbc-sports-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/04\/klay-thompson-jordan-poole-share-emotional-hug-after-warriors-win-vs-jazz-nbc-sports-bay-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Klay Thompson, Jordan Poole share emotional hug after Warriors&#039; win vs. Jazz &#8211; NBC Sports Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch<br \/><noscript><br \/>  <img height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\"<br \/>       src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=674090812743125&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1&#8243;\/><br \/>  <\/noscript><br \/>They say a picture is worth a thousand words.\u00a0<br \/>Well, so was <a data-timestamp=\"1648958559\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/bayarea\/warriors\/klay-thompson-jordan-poole-catch-fire-fourth-lead-warriors-past-jazz\">Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole<\/a>\u2019s emotional hug after the Warriors\u2019 huge 111-107 comeback win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.\u00a0<br \/>The Warriors <a data-timestamp=\"1648958574\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/bayarea\/warriors\/warriors-observations-klay-thompson-fuels-thrilling-comeback-win-over-jazz\">clinched a spot in the playoffs<\/a>, but there was an even deeper meaning behind the much-needed win.\u00a0<br \/>And the hug proved just that.<br \/>THESE TWO \u00f0\u009f\u0099\u008c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6QMmMCmdt7\">pic.twitter.com\/6QMmMCmdt7<\/a><br \/>Prior to Saturday\u2019s game, Golden State <a data-timestamp=\"1648958658\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/bayarea\/warriors\/kevon-looneys-concern-level-1-out-10-warriors-stretch-run\">lost seven of its last eight<\/a> games. With Steph Curry out for the remainder of the regular season due to a foot injury, the team has been focused on making the proper adjustments.\u00a0<br \/>With Poole being the one to step up when the Warriors were down, and Klay continuing to struggle with getting his shot back, conversations were brought up about what was best for Golden State\u2019s rotation.\u00a0<br \/>Several Dubs fans took Warriors Twitter by storm and proposed the idea of benching Klay for Poole when Steph returns.\u00a0<br \/>It\u2019s a very extreme solution, but Poole coming off the bench during playoffs doesn\u2019t really make sense with the way he\u2019s been playing.\u00a0<br \/>Of course, Steve Kerr will do what he needs to do when his sharpshooter returns to the lineup. But it\u2019s definitely nice to see Poole and Thompson not feed into the chatter.\u00a0<br \/>Instead, they soaked it all in with a hug.\u00a0<br \/>Kerr on the big postgame hug between Klay and JP: &#8220;They should be happy for each other&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/96g0YijZJI\">pic.twitter.com\/96g0YijZJI<\/a><br \/>\u201cThey should be happy for each other, they were both brilliant,\u201d Kerr told reporters after the win. \u201cJordan, what he\u2019s done over the last month or so, is incredible. The scoring binge he\u2019s been on, the number of scoring opportunities he\u2019s creating in pick and roll, and just with his dribble penetration. He\u2019s taken on a huge burden with Steph out and he hasn\u2019t even blinked. Jordan is quite a story.<br \/>\u201cAnd we all know what Klay has been through, the frustration, since he\u2019s been back. He wants it so badly. He\u2019s had four games with 33 or more points so it\u2019s not like he hasn\u2019t produced, it just hasn\u2019t been as consistent as he would like. But I will maintain that that\u2019s coming with time, but I\u2019m glad they were happy for each other. They should\u2019ve been. They were two huge keys in the win.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>Thompson certainly showed no signs of giving up on Saturday. He had a game-high 36 points, shooting 14-of-28 from the field and 8-of-17 from the 3-point line. Poole added 31 points of his own, along with six rebounds and six assists.\u00a0<br \/>The Warriors will get to enjoy this refreshing win for a little while, but have to get right back to it on Sunday as they head to Sacramento to face the Kings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/bayarea\/warriors\/klay-thompson-jordan-poole-share-emotional-hug-after-warriors-win-vs-jazz\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch They say a picture is worth a thousand words.\u00a0Well, so was Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole\u2019s emotional hug after the Warriors\u2019 huge 111-107 comeback win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.\u00a0The Warriors clinched a spot in the playoffs, but there was an even deeper meaning behind the much-needed win.\u00a0And the hug proved just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}