On the morning of October 26 Vietnam time, the Golden State Warriors came as guests at the Phoenix Suns’ home stadium, Footprint Center. Facing one of the toughest opponents in the West, the Golden State Warriors received their second defeat of the season with a score of 105-134. Along with that, today is also a sad memory for Klay Thompson, who was disqualified for the first time after 11 years in the NBA.
More specifically, the collision between Klay Thompson and Devin Booker took place at the beginning of the third quarter, when the Golden State Warriors were in a point-chasing position. After blocking Devin Booker’s 3-pointer, Klay Thompson and the Phoenix Suns star had an argument. The tension continued to escalate as the Golden State Warriors switched to an offensive stance.
At that time, Klay Thompson continued to argue with the Phoenix Suns. The situation was so tense that some players as well as referees from both teams had to stand in the middle and try to separate Klay Thompson and Devin Booker. To avoid escalating tension, the referee gave both players a technical foul each.
It seemed like that was enough to end the debate, but Klay Thompson did not stop and continued to be aggressive with Devin Booker. Finally, the referee controlling the match blew the second technical foul on Klay Thompson, thereby officially turning the trip to Arizona at the beginning of the 2022/23 season into the worst and most forgettable day of Klay’s career. Thompson.
Devin Booker had a better performance than Klay Thompson in today’s match
Leaving the field when the match only started in the first half of the third quarter, Klay Thompson had only 2 points, 1/8 FG and 0/5 successful shots from the 3rd line. For a player who won the NBA championship 4 times, Through more than 650 group stage matches, 145 qualifying matches as well as 33 finals, this is definitely the worst 19 minutes that Klay Thompson has ever had in his playing career.
On social media, the NBA fan community also quickly shared a series of humorous angry images of Klay Thompson, most of whom were curious about the conversation between Devin Booker and the 32-year-old star of the Golden State Warriors.
Sharing after the match, coach Steve Kerr said he thought the reason Klay Thompson was so angry had little to do with the exchange with Devin Booker. The Golden State Warriors captain believes that Klay Thompson is upset because he had a pretty bad game, which directly affected the psychology of the pitcher born in 1990.