The Dallas Mavericks lost 120-117 to the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night, negating Klay Thompson’s return to the Bay Area. Thompson had a good game overall, scoring 22 points and making six 3-pointers, but Stephen Curry stole the show.

Curry led all players in this game with 37 points and nine assists, scoring 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 bigness.

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

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

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

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