Wiggins finally returns to the NBA

The Warriors have activated the mode of champion, they have pressed that button that they have in an unlocatable corner of their structure, they have let out all the gas. They go for everything. Not only have they recovered the best form of their two main assets, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, but they will soon have another of the main parts of the skeleton that made them champions back in June. Andrew Wiggins has returned to the discipline of Golden State after 51 days of absence, almost two months of unknown whereabouts (except for the people of the franchise and those close to him) in which he has been feared for his season. The illness of his father, who he prefers not to comment on in public at this time, forced him to ask for a holiday to be with his relative. Since February 13, absolute privacy has been maintained about what was happening in his life despite the fact that the team was having a hard time sporting, seeing the danger that the positions in the middle zone of the classification have posed in the West, which gives more merit to the quiet response that has been about him.

It has been in what included the duel with the Thunder this Tuesday, capital, when that last piece has been placed in the puzzle. They already have it with them. Not yet on the court, but it will be here soon. “I don’t think it will take me long to be able to come back”he told reporters ahead of the game against OKC. He has spent 22 games watching him on TV, he needs to fit in with the rest of his teammates again despite the fact that he has been working with a personal trainer to stay in shape. “I felt great when I left. She was in rhythm, she hit the shots and I moved well. I hope to return as I left it”, also pointed out the player. The forward had missed another chain of 10 games between December and January when two ailments came together in his body, so that key Wiggins who helped Kerr win the last Ring has not been seen. The coach, precisely, commented on his return to the team, stressing that it is “a presence that brings calm” and “everyone loves him”.

The Warriors have made the absence of Wiggins a reflection of his season. To come from being champions, quite lazy. Although they are the typical ready-made team that, showing its weaknesses, can change gear at any time and overtake you like an Aston Martin in the hands of Fernando Alonso. The San Francisco team has signed a 12-10 without having the Canadian player available. Little for them. But now they are entering another phase of the campaign, knowing that they will be able to use Andrew if they ask him to: they have to get into the top six (with two places for three teams) and trying to choose the sixth before the fifth so as not to measure themselves with the Suns so soon. A balancing act that fits like a glove to what this dynasty is capable of achieving. Against the Thunder they laid the first stone with a 136-125 score that tied them with the Clippers and Lakers and that, on the other hand, left the Oklahoma side on the verge of falling.

Regarding the game, ups and downs -too many- for the local team. They gave up 79 points in the first half and had to make an extra effort in the second so that another victory would not escape. Only one part of the ‘Splash Brothers’, Curry, was the biggest contributor to the win in the absence of the other, Thompson, with squire Jordan Poole (30) doing his job. The Californians put a stop to Gilgeous-Alexander (32) and his boys winning the rebound battle, +16, and triple, 42%, and came back. 34-19 in the final partial on a night of joy, and not only in the sporting part but also in the human, for the reigning team in the NBA.

Golden State Warriors

Statistics

23 Draymond Green
30 Stephen Curry
1 JaMychal Green
5 kevon looney
8 Gary Payton II
0 Donte DiVincenzo
3 Jordan Poole
10 Ty Jerome
40 Anthony Lamb
4 Moses Moody
0 Jonathan Kuminga
7 Patrick Baldwin Jr.
25 lester quinones

Statistics

	Min	pts	RT	RO	DR	Ast	Per	rec	Tap	T1	T2	T3	FR	CF	Val
23 Draymond Green	35	17	9	3	6	5	3	2	2	4/5	5/6	1/3	0	2	0
30 Stephen Curry	36	3. 4	5	0	5	6	0	1	0	6/6	5/12	6/13	0	3	0
1 JaMychal Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
5 kevon looney	25	4	eleven	4	7	2	0	0	1	2/2	1/2	0/0	0	3	0
8 Gary Payton II	17	8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0/0	4/6	0/2	0	2	0
0 Donte DiVincenzo	31	16	6	3	3	5	2	2	0	0/2	2/2	4/8	0	2	0
3 Jordan Poole	30	30	2	0	2	4	4	0	1	9/11	3/7	5/12	0	3	0
10 Ty Jerome	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
40 Anthony Lamb	12	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0/0	2/4	0/1	0	2	0
4 Moses Moody	25	13	5	1	4	1	2	0	1	0/0	2/2	3/5	0	4	0
0 Jonathan Kuminga	19	9	8	4	4	1	0	1	1	0/2	3/7	1/3	0	1	0
7 Patrick Baldwin Jr.	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
25 lester quinones	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	0

Oklahoma City Thunder

Statistics

9 Darius Saric
2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
5 Luguentz Dort
eleven isaiah joe
14 Jared Butler
3 Josh Giddy
23 Tre Mann
fifty Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
twenty-one Aaron Wiggins
30 Olivier Sarr
12 Lindy Waters II
13 Ousmane Dieng
8 jalen williams
6 jaylin williams

Statistics

	Min	pts	RT	RO	DR	Ast	Per	rec	Tap	T1	T2	T3	FR	CF	Val
9 Darius Saric	19	5	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	2/4	0/1	1/2	0	1	0
2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	33	32	5	1	4	7	3	0	0	8/9	9/13	2/4	0	5	0
5 Luguentz Dort	35	17	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	5/8	6/9	0/6	0	4	0
eleven isaiah joe	28	14	5	1	4	2	2	1	0	4/5	2/5	23	0	4	0
14 Jared Butler	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/1	1/2	0	1	0
3 Josh Giddy	28	fifteen	6	1	5	5	0	0	0	0/1	6/10	1/5	0	1	0
23 Tre Mann	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	1/1	0/1	0	0	0
fifty Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
twenty-one Aaron Wiggins	27	eleven	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	2/2	3/6	1/2	0	3	0
30 Olivier Sarr	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/2	0/0	0	0	0
12 Lindy Waters II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
13 Ousmane Dieng	7	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	1/1	1/1	0/1	0	1	0
8 jalen williams	32	19	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	3/3	5/11	23	0	1	0
6 jaylin williams	18	4	5	3	2	3	1	1	0	1/2	0/1	1/3	0	1	0