Klay Thompson returns to Chase Center with a revamped Heat

Klay Thompson returns to Chase Center with the Miami Heat one night after his three-pointer with a second left in overtime beat the LA Clippers 117-116 on Wednesday. Thompson won four championships in 11 seasons with Golden State, and the market has the Warriors at 70% to spoil his homecoming.

The Warriors arrive in form. After an 0-3 start they have won five straight, and Stephen Curry is averaging 30 points a game. He starts two points behind Oscar Robertson for 17th on the NBA's all-time scoring list. The roster is thin: Jimmy Butler is recovering from right ACL surgery, Moses Moody from left patellar tendon surgery, and Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford were inactive for the Warriors' last game.

Miami is a very different team from the one that split last season's series 1-1. The Heat traded for Giannis Antetokounmpo in the offseason and signed Thompson after his buyout from Dallas. They lost their first four games, then won three of the next four to reach 3-5. Antetokounmpo is averaging about 28 points and 12 rebounds, and Bam Adebayo scored a season-high 35 against the Clippers.

This is also the first time the Warriors face Antetokounmpo in a Heat uniform. The catch for Miami is fatigue: it is the second night of a back-to-back after an overtime game in Inglewood, while Golden State is midway through a six-game homestand. Can a tired Heat team, with Thompson back in his old building, end the Warriors' streak?