CHICAGO _ The drought is over. Klay Thompson has become a Splash Brother again.
After laboring through a shooting slump through the Warriors' first seven regular-season games, Thompson set an NBA record for most 3-pointers in a game as he led the Warriors to a 149-124 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday.
Thompson finished with 52 points, while shooting 18-of-29 from the field and 14-of-24 from 3-point range. He exited the game with 4:05 left in the third quarter to treat a cut on his forehead that prompted him to wear a yellow headband in the third quarter. Before that, Thompson inflicted plenty of damage against the Bulls with his lethal shooting stroke.
Thompson tied for his second highest scoring performance of his eight-year NBA career, trailing only his career-high 60-point effort against Indiana on Dec. 5, 2016. Thompson set an NBA record with most 3-pointers made in a game (14), eclipsing Stephen Curry's 13 3-pointers he made against New Orleans on Nov. 7, 2016. The Bulls called timeout after Thompson made his record-breaking 3-pointer for a 113-69 lead with 4:53 left in the third quarter, prompting the Warriors' bench to greet Thompson at half-court with chest bumps and high fives.
Not only did Thompson match his second-highest scoring output in an NBA game against Sacramento on Jan. 23, 2015. Thompson did this after spending the first seven regular-season games averaging 15.1 points while shooting a combined 44-of-111 from the field (39.6 percent) and 5-of-36 from 3-point range (13.9 percent).
Curry had 23 points, while going 18-of-29 from the field and 14-of-24 from beyond the arc. Warriors reserve guard Alfonzo McKinnie added 19 points in his return to his hometown. And Kevin Durant finished with 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting.
