Thompson scored a game-high 30 points in an 11-of-22 shot from the ground in eight threes to help the Warriors eliminate the Memphis Grizzlies in six games and punch a ticket to the Western Conference Finals.
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While Thompson helped score, Kevin Looney took control of the glass. After receiving a nod in the starting lineup, Looney had 22 dominant rebounds. Looney led the Warriors to a total of 70 boards in the NBA. Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins finished the competition with double digits in the rebound column.
While Thompson and Looney kept the Warriors in the game against the grizzly Grizzlies, Steve Curry was quiet during the first three quarters. However, when it came time to shut down the Grizzlies, The Warriors’ Most Valuable Player twice came through the clutch. Curry scored 11 points in the fourth quarter three times to finish off the Grizzlies. Curry finished the competition with 29 points on 10 from 27 shots from the field with seven boards and five assists.
After the Warriors booked a spot in the Western Conference Finals, the NBA community on Twitter chimed in with mixed reactions.
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6 Clay Celebration almost made me cry
– Shuhei Ohtani Stan (@AndyKHLiu) May 14, 2022
You know 6 different clay game
– Alfonzo McKinney (@_Alvo_) May 14, 2022
I take 6 Klay on any player in NBA history
– Mev 🧸🌹🏀 (mevvybear) May 14, 2022
ICONIC GAME – 6 KLAY, WIGGINS SIGNATURE NBA SERIES, STEPH BACK W/4Q CLUTCH, LOONEY OUR HASLEM LIFER, NO HC, DRAY FINALLY AGGRESSIVE ON O. SPECTACULAR GAME. Head over to the Grizzly but Steve Clay and spin all the time killers. Championship blood 🩸 @the Warriors
– Joe Shasky (@ButcherBoy415) May 14, 2022
As far as I’m concerned, Loon is a cultivator’s hall now.
Warriors Huddle (WarriorsHuddle) May 14, 2022
Lone Dog, man…what a player.
Drop Joey’s bag.
– Tommy Gunn (@tgunn21) May 14, 2022
Loon fighting for his life to get extra possessions for them lol
– Every Nat Podcast 🎙 (natfluential) May 14, 2022
Draymond 17 FG attempts combined in games 1-5
Draymond 14 FG Attempts in Game 6
It makes a huge difference when he’s aggressive and can give them more than 10 points
– warriorsworld (warriorsworld) May 14, 2022
Kevin Looney grabbed 22 rebounds (formerly 14 on 5/20/19 in POR), the first Warriors player to have at least 22 boards in a playoff game since Larry Smith grabbed 23 rebounds on May 12, 1987 at the Lakers. In Game 5 of the Western Conference semi-finals.
WarriorsPR May 14, 2022
Steve, Clay, and Draymond have now reached the Western Conference finals six years in a row when they were all healthy. They’ve reached the NBA Finals the previous five times
Young teams are coming, but the snake’s head is still very difficult to decapitate
– Dalton Johnson (@DaltonJ_Johnson) May 14, 2022
Steph is back in the conference finals before he hits KD
– Daman Rangula (@damanr) May 14, 2022
Starting at 41 points for OKC, Klay Thompson has scored 197 points in his last seven games in Game 6
That’s good for 28.1 points per game in that period
– Dalton Johnson (@DaltonJ_Johnson) May 14, 2022
Transformations remain a big problem but you can’t discount the courage they showed in the face of defeat. Looney Wiggins were huge at keeping them in them and Clay and Steve shut it down. 8 more wins for the chip. The rest will do them some good.
Dan Dipley (@dandibley) May 14, 2022
The @the Warriors They are the first team in NBA history to score 20+ three goals and have 70+ rebounds in a single game (regular season or postseason).
– Stats by stats (StatsBySTATS) May 14, 2022
shouting that……. 🤪
– Jonathan Kuminga 🇨🇩 (@Jonathan Kuming6) May 14, 2022