Bro said how dare you bench me!

Tonight was the first time Klay Thompson would be starting from the bench in 12 years. This was after his gaffe with an intentional foul during the closing stages of the previous game and his overall bad production. But he came out strong from the bench in the recent game against the Utah Jazz and dropped 35 points in minutes worth less than 3-quarters of the game. Fans are rejoicing about this strong performance.

Klay Thompson is shooting 41.5% from the field and 36.8% from deep during this season. Tonight he used the 28 minutes allotted to him to score at a rate of 59 % from the field and 53.8 % from deep to get to those 35 points. Thompson topped all his teammates in the points charts. That is the best game for him this season. It was a fitting response from the 5-time All-Star and 4-time NBA champion. With this game, he surpassed the 15000 points mark for his career.

Thompson was not thrilled when head coach Steve Kerr informed him that he would be on the bench tonight. It is a hard pill to swallow for someone who has started 699 games consecutively. And has been the second-best scoring option throughout those games. The Golden State Warriors winning 4 championships have banked on Thompson’s elite perimeter defense.

Injuries and age were the reasons for his decline in play this season. Many analysts thought that the Warriors should have traded Thompson away this season for younger players. His massive contract also held up against him. But tonight he responded in the best way he could, leading his team to a 140-137 win over the Utah Jazz.

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Fans love the response from Klay Thompson

Basketball fans were waiting to see how Klay Thompson would respond once news spread that he was not going to start. In several instances, Thompson did not like the idea of being benched. He talked about how he deserves to be in the starting lineup despite his struggles.

Klay Thompson started from the bench for the first time in 12 years (image via Golden State Warriors/X)

So when he responded in the best way possible, fans could not hold themselves back from giving Thompson the praise he deserved. Check out some of their responses from social media;