[89] For Game 3 of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, Thompson missed his first career playoff game after straining his left hamstring late in Game 2. Yet Thompson’s work is gratifying: elegant compositions. [7][8], Thompson was born in Los Angeles to Julie and Mychal Thompson. [85] On January 21, he tied an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range on his way to scoring 44 points in a 130–111 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. [97] On November 19, 2020, it was announced that Thompson would miss the 2020–21 season due to an Achilles tendon injury, which he suffered on November 18.[98]. [109][110][111] After winning the NBA championship in 2015, Thompson and his father became the fourth father-son duo to win an NBA title, joining Matt Guokas Sr. and Jr., Rick and Brent Barry, and Bill and Luke Walton. In Game 6, Thompson made a playoff-record 11 three-pointers and scored 41 points, as the Warriors forced a Game 7 with a 108–101 victory. Kyle Thompson (born 1992) is an American photographer from Chicago, Illinois. 75 punts), averaging 43.6 yards per punt. On October 29, 2017, Thompson scored 29 points in a 115–107 loss to the Detroit Pistons, becoming the 11th player in franchise history to eclipse 9,000 career points. NBA regular season record for most points scored in a quarter (37), NBA regular season record for most three-pointers made in a game (14), NBA record for most three-pointers made in a single playoffs (98 tied with, NBA playoff record for most three-pointers made in a game (11), Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 20 November 2020, at 01:59. [47] On January 8, he recorded his third consecutive game with 30 or more points, finishing with 36 points in a 128–108 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. [55] With a Game 7 victory, the Warriors became the 10th team to rally from a 3–1 deficit and win a postseason series. His 10 three-pointers in the first half tied Chandler Parsons' league record set in 2014, and Golden State made 17 threes in the first half to set the NBA record for a half. Kyle Thompson is a surreal photographer based in Portland, OR. [24] The Warriors traded Ellis to the Milwaukee Bucks on March 13, 2012. [1], Thompson led the Pac-10 in scoring as a junior, again earning All-Pac-10 first team honors. [15][16] He became just the third Cougar to win first-team all-district honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches twice in his career. Thompson is one of 19 punters nationwide to be named to the Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List, while he is one of three Big 12 punters on the list. However, in the four games after that decision, Thompson improved in all areas of basketball over his current season averages: points per game (12.5 over 7.6), shooting percentage (54.3% overall including 55.6% for three-pointers, up from 46.7 and 48.1), rebounds (2.8 from 1.6), assists (1.5 from 1.3), steals, and turnovers. [25] The following game, Thompson scored a season-high 26 points in a loss to the Boston Celtics. [84] On January 8, he scored 43 points with seven 3-pointers in a 122–95 win over the New York Knicks. In 2014, Thompson and teammate Stephen Curry set a then-NBA record with 484 combined three-pointers in a season,[4] earning the pair the nickname of "the Splash Brothers. [27] As of mid-February 2012, Thompson played around 17 minutes per game,[24] but he played an average 30 minutes per game during the next month. In these cases, the average was taken. [91] In Game 5, he helped the Warriors stave off elimination with 26 points in a 106–105 win, thus cutting the Raptors' series lead to 3–2. [80] He did not make multiple three-pointers in any of the contests, a career-worst seven-game drought for him. [a][32] The Warriors defeated the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs and would be matched up against the San Antonio Spurs. [95] The next day, on July 2, Thompson underwent successful knee surgery on his torn ACL, and missed the entire 2019–20 season as a result. Thompson is the son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson. After the finalists are named, the voting body will cast ballots again to select the nation’s top punter. 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