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Everybody Held Their Breath As Klay Thompson Crashed Into Referee
After working his way back into form following the torn ACL he suffered during the 2019 NBA Finals, Klay Thompson received new devastating news when an injury he suffered in last year’s offseason turned out to be an Achilles tear.
Then, this past Sunday night, when the Golden State Warriors played against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Thompson made his long-awaited comeback. He played great and even had an incredible dunk.
Then yesterday in his second game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Klay added another 14 points. But during the game, Thompson collided with a referee, as the Warriors brought the ball down the court. While was focusing on the ball, he ran right into the referee and both fell right down.
Thankfully both got up immediately and Klay even apologized to the official for crashing into her.
But everybody who was watching had their heart dropped, hoping nothing serious had happened, and NBA Twitter reacted accordingly.
This ref just tripped Klay Thompson accidentally and he fell on his face at full speed … boy my heart dropped
— SWAGGY C (@SwaggyCTV) January 12, 2022
Klay Thompson just took a hard spill running into a ref. Hopped right back up, apologized to the ref.
— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) January 12, 2022
Klay Thompson just tripped over the ref, so yeah, he’s still getting used to being back on the court
— newmethos (@newmethos) January 12, 2022
I JUST SAW KLAY THOMPSON TAcklE A LADY REF
— pp (@ppfatso) January 12, 2022
Klay Thompson’s about to get hurt again after pummeling that ref
— Caleb Salers (@realcalebsalers) January 12, 2022
Did @KlayThompson just run over the ref?
— no hurt feelings (@MemphisRx) January 12, 2022
That ref almost injured Klay Thompson wtf
— Be great (@JTA_XXII) January 12, 2022
We have got to stop the refs from Eurofouling Klay Thompson on fast breaks!
— Sean Keane (@seankeane) January 12, 2022
