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Thursday / March 28.
  • Steve Kerr called Klay Thompson’s historic breakout game

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    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.

    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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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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