Klay Thompson scored 37 points in one quarter earlier this season against the Sacramento Kings to set an all-time NBA record for points scored in a single quarter.
He wasn’t quite that ridiculous on Monday against the Memphis Grizzlies, but found himself in another unconscious moment in the second quarter when he scored 26 points, finishing with 37 points overall in the first half on 14-of-17 shooting, including seven-of-eight from the arc.
That shooting display pretty much blew the game open 68-46, and twitter naturally went bonkers:
NBA2Klay is on fire again,,,,,,,,
— Steve Smith (@steve21smith) April 14, 2015
video game Klay
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) April 14, 2015
What the Grizz do to piss Klay off
— Damien Wilkins (@dwilkins3000) April 14, 2015
KlayThompson is doing it again… 21 for the qt and counting… 4min left…
— Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) April 14, 2015
Sitting on the dock of the Klay
— Jacoby (@djacoby) April 14, 2015
And nice to see Steph deferring to Klay, took only 6 shots in 1st half
— Dawkins (@DawkinsMTA) April 14, 2015
Klay is straight taking the kid’s breath away. pic.twitter.com/m14faE9wRo
— Made in Golden State (@MadeInGoldenSt) April 14, 2015
Watching Klay get interviewed immediately after these mega-quarters is like watching someone describe a dream 30 seconds after waking up.
— Bay Area Sports Guy (@BASportsGuy) April 14, 2015
HALFTIME: Klay is unconscious. (That’s not an injury report, kids.)
— Kristen Ledlow (@KristenLedlow) April 14, 2015
Again, in times like this I want to laugh at the idiots who were for trading Klay. The small catch is my being one of the idiots
— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) April 14, 2015
Klay Thompson has 37- and 26-point quarters this season. In Andris Biedrins’ last season with the Warriors, he scored 24 points in 53 games.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) April 14, 2015
Who wore it better: Klay Thompson’s shot chart or this other guy? pic.twitter.com/SMRRVL5z7Y
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) April 14, 2015
Klay Thompson has 37 points… …it’s halftime.
— SLAM Magazine (@SLAMonline) April 14, 2015
Klay’s slacking. Just 37 in the first half. He should be getting that in one quarter
— Marcus Thompson (@ThompsonScribe) April 14, 2015
Holy crap Klay Thompson. Chill out bro
— Chris Vernon (@ChrisVernonShow) April 14, 2015
I’m ready to do this again, Klay. Fire up Oracle!
— Rosalyn Gold-Onwude (@ROSGO21) April 14, 2015
Jim Park is a blogger and editor of Sheridan Hoops. Follow him on twitter @SheridanBlog.