Jason Thompson will come off the bench Friday against the Warriors.

Thompson will come off the bench Friday against the Warriors.

Analysis:

Though he's less than a week removed from an out-of-nowhere 23-point, 22-rebound outburst against the Clippers, Thompson has slipped back to anonymity the past two games, contributing a mere eight points and nine rebounds combined. He'll be replaced in the starting lineup by Derrick Williams on Friday, but it might not represent a demotion in the traditional sense, as both players had been seeing similar minutes over each of the last few contests. In any event, those hoping that Thompson's huge game against the Clippers would lead to sustained scoring and rebounding production should probably look at it as an aberration for the seventh-year forward.