Mavericks’ Klay Thompson gets candid about playing against Steph Curry

The Dallas Mavericks lost 120-117 to the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night, spoiling Klay Thompson’s return to the Bay Area. Thompson had a good game overall, scoring 22 points while making six three-pointers, but Stephen Curry stole the show.

Curry led all players in this game with 37 points and nine assists and scored the Warriors’ final 12 points as part of a 12-3 run to win the game. Dallas led 114-108 with 3:29 left, but succumbed to Curry’s greatness.

After the game, Thompson described what it’s like to be on the other side of a Curry run after playing with him for so long.

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“It hurts to be on the other side of one of (Curry’s) rushes,” Thompson said in his postgame press conference. “Guy got hot at the end and made some ridiculous shots. I’ve been on the other end and it stinks. But we play them three more times so hopefully we can learn from that and learn their tendencies a little better.”

It was another disappointing end to a game for the Mavericks, who fell to 5-6 with this loss to the Warriors. It’s not how they envisioned their season after a run to the NBA Finals, but they have some clear issues to work through. They play the Utah Jazz on Thursday night.

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