The Golden State Warriors were relieved when Klay Thompson was finally cleared to play after suffering a concussion in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. While it was tough to wait over a week for the Finals to start, the extended break allowed the Warriors to get their players healthy.
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On Tuesday, the Steve Kerr and the Warriors got some more good news. According to Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports, Marreese Speights will be play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr says forward Marreese Speights (calf) will be available for Game 1 and is expected to play.
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) June 2, 2015
Speights has not played since he suffered a calf injury against the Memphis Grizzlies in the West semis. We obviously didn’t see him against the Rockets, which allowed him to be ready for the Finals.
Mo Buckets has been a good offensive spark off the bench and it gives Kerr another weapon to use as he pleases. Speights single handedly won some games for the Warriors during the regular season, so the Cavs must pay attention to him when he is on the floor.
The Warriors have the deepest team in the league, it will be interesting to see how Kerr plans to use Speights in this series with him back and ready to play.