OT Klay Thompson sets NBA record for points in under 30 minutes

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  1. BigGameDamian

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    Klay Thompson made history on Monday night. (Associated Press)
    The Golden State Warriors of the past three seasons are famous for setting records. They’ve won 73 games in a regular season, had Stephen Curry set virtually every three-point record imaginable, and established new standards for what it means to run a high-powered offense. It’s hard to be surprised by them anymore.

    Still, what Klay Thompson did against the Indiana Pacers on Monday Night in Oakland managed to rewire a few more brains. The Warriors’ No. 3 scoring option set a new NBA season high with 60 points on 21-of-33 FG, 8-of-14 3FG, and 10-of-11 FT. That showing set a new career high for Thompson, who two seasons ago put up 52 on a night when he scored an NBA-record 37 points in a single quarter. Monday was even better for the Warriors All-Star, who started the season in a slump as the team integrated Kevin Durant into the starting lineup.

    Oh, and Thompson scored those 60 points in all of 29 minutes and three seconds of court time. No player had ever scored so many points in fewer than 30 minutes of play in the shot clock era.

    Yes, you read that correctly. Thompson went to the bench for good with 1:22 remaining in the third quarter and the Warriors well on their way to a 142-106 blowout win. If not for the very lopsided score, Thompson could have flirted with one of the highest-scoring performances in NBA history. Instead, he had to settle for the 66th 60-point night in NBA history, the 13th since 1994, and a smaller piece of NBA history.
     
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    Does this impress you?
     
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    It does me. It means CJ won't be an All Star.
     
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    wow.....
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Impressive as hell!
     
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    I would've wanted to stay in the game.
     
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    Honestly, I could see Lillard put up a night like that.
     
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    no.
     
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    Another Nate McMillan defensive "special".
     
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    Ironic that Monta was the one chasing around Klay all night trying to stop him......If one remembers, when they drafted Curry, he went off in the media about how it was HIS team and they made a mistake that would send the team in the wrong direction.
     
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    amazing.

    i wish they'd just let people that hot stay in and go for it.

    probably unpopular, but i also really wanted to see how much Love could have got the other day too. If we won, then yes - go for it, set a record, cool to see, want the W tho
     
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    Sixty points in 29 minutes! Did he score on commercial break? Is it him or does that total indicate how awful the Indiana D was.
     
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    >At least the revered Wilt Chamberlain edged his percentage per minute. When I was a kid I had an authentic Wilt Chamberlain Spaulding basketball. No wonder I'm biased.
     
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    Doesn't seem fair
     
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    Wilt's is much more impressive because he maintained that pace over a longer time period. (And without a shot clock speeding the pace.)

    For example: One could probably find players who scored more ppm over a 15 minute span; or an 8 minute span; or a 4 minute span; etc.
     
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    Dame's 51 on 28 shots, with 7 assists and 6 steals (and 0 turns) last year came in only 31 minutes.
     
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    You guys gotta remember, Wilt didn't hit any 3s.
     
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