"Klay Thompson caught the ball and went straight up. He hadn't even gotten set yet... It's in! He made it again! Klay Thompson—this was already his fourth three-pointer of the fourth quarter! He gave the Warriors an eight-point lead, and with that basket, the Warriors were just 28 seconds away from beating the Grizzlies for the first time this season!"
The Grizzlies fans in the arena dejectedly covered their heads. Thompson had actually knocked down a drifting three from beyond the arc with Wade contesting him...
Thompson had made four of those unbelievable threes in the fourth quarter alone.
Today was February 10, and the Grizzlies were playing their third-to-last game before the All-Star Game, as well as their third meeting with the Warriors this season.
The two sides had been locked in a dead heat through the first three quarters. But in the fourth, the scales of victory began tipping toward the Warriors.
Klay Thompson went 4-for-5 from three in the fourth quarter, putting the Grizzlies on the back foot.
In truth, Thompson had been fairly ordinary over the first three quarters. Most people thought that, just as he had in the Warriors' previous two matchups against the Grizzlies, he would disappear completely on the court.
Yet this elite 3-and-D player showed his value in the fourth quarter.
Every one of his threes had been worth its weight in gold. Going 4-for-5 from deep in a single quarter was downright absurd efficiency.
Joerger sighed. Klay's threes had nearly killed the game.
Think about it: without that three, the Grizzlies would only be down five, and they would still have had hope of winning.
But down eight now... it was tough, really tough.
Throughout the entire fourth quarter, Thompson had always delivered a crushing blow just as the Grizzlies were