OAKLAND — After battling an illness this past week and playing through it, Klay Thompson is finally getting some time off from the Warriors.
Thompson will rest during Golden State’s Tuesday night game against the Heat in Oracle Arena. It’ll be Thompson’s first missed game this season. After tonight, only three guys will have appeared in all 39 Warrior games: Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and 36-year-old David West.
In Thompson’s absence, rookie Patrick McCaw is likely to get the start at shooting guard. When Thompson was questionable last week for the Grizzlies game, Steve Kerr said he planned to start McCaw, before Thompson was able to go.