Klay Thompson had a nice little first half. Then the third quarter started and Klay ignited, flames engulfing his person from head to toe. Here's all of it:
He started the period with 13 points and ended it with FIFTY points. This may honestly be the densest hot streak in the history of professional basketball.
The stats and records:
- 37 is the record for points in a single quarter, destroying the record of 33 held by George Gervin and Carmelo Anthony.
- NINE three-pointers is the record for threes in a quarter, breaking the mark of 8 set by Michael Redd and Joe Johnson.
- Klay went 13-for-13 in the quarter, tying the record for field goals in a quarter set by David Thompson.
- Here is the most beautiful single-quarter shot chart you'll ever see:
Not an X to be found.
Correction: Klay averaged 2.64 points per shot in the third. His True Shooting percentage was a mere 132%.
— Tom Ziller (@teamziller) January 24, 2015 - In the final seconds of the third, Thompson decided to pass and I punched myself in the forehead because I was so angry at him for doing so. On the very last possession of the quarter, someone fouled him, and he went ahead and buried a jumper that coooould have counted for continuation. Instead, he just hit both free throws.
- After hitting free throws for points 51 and 52 in the fourth quarter, Klay missed a shot and I vomited.
- The Kings had 22 points in the period to Thompson's 37. The Kings are a whole basketball team.
- And yeah, he ended that game by himself:
The thing people didn't see is that the Kings were tied 60-60 when Klay nuked them out of the building. He ended the game with that run.
— Tom Ziller (@teamziller) January 24, 2015
- All Stephen Curry could do is laugh:
Steph Curry Laughs At Klay Thompson's 37 Point Quarter https://t.co/TZD9dxMPTK
— The Cauldron (@TheCauldron) January 24, 2015
- Imagine being that human being's father. Man, Mychal Thompson must be having the night of his life:
Here's dad Mychal Thompson watching his son Klay drop an NBA record 37 points in one quarter on the LAL team plane: http://ift.tt/1uFj6hB
— Mike Trudell (@MikeTrudell) January 24, 2015 - You don't have to be his dad to lose your damn mind over this. NBA players around the league did so much screaming:
WOW!!!
— DeAndre Jordan (@deandrejordan6) January 24, 2015
Wow. Klay
— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) January 24, 2015
No way he got 37 points in a qt!!!!!!!!!! Oh my lord.
— Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) January 24, 2015
IVE NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE THIS #KLAY
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_Barnes22) January 24, 2015
Klay had that 2k perfect release on them boys lol
— Paul George (@Yg_Trece) January 24, 2015 And in closing, here's Klay checking out his stat sheet:
"Oh, sweet, I blacked out for 10 minutes and wrote the Bible."
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