May 27, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) drives to the basket in front of Houston Rockets forward Trevor Ariza (1) during the third quarter in game five of the Western Conference Finals of the NBA Playoffs. at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
The Warriors got a scare when Steph Curry hit the deck hard in Game 4. Luckily, he returned and has been playing well.
Today, the other Splash Brother was Trevor Ariza’s next victim. It was not on purpose, but Ariza was once again involved. Klay got Ariza to bite on the fake and Ariza knee met the side of Thompson’s face.
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As you can see from the Vine below, it definitely shook Thompson and he was forced to leave the game and head to the locker room:
That doesn’t look good. https://t.co/3LUSS9l9Dc @warriorsworld
— Alex Torres (@alextorresww) May 28, 2015
At first glance, you were sure Thompson had a concussion. Ariza’s knee got clean contact on Thompson’s face, but to everyone’s surprise, Thompson returned to the bench.
They reported that all he had was a laceration on his face, but before he was able to check back into the game, his began bleeding from his ear, which was cause by the laceration. Thompson had to go back to the locker room to get the blood to stop.
Why is there know serious discussion about Trevor Ariza suspention for deliberately kicking Thompson in the face with his knee ??????????????????????????