NEWPORT BEACH — This time, his Game 6 performance wasn’t magic. It wasn’t random or coincidental. He didn’t just so happen to get hot at the right time.
No, in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, Klay Thompson crafted those heroics. He didn’t find the zone, he summoned it. With his team facing elimination, with Kevin Durant done after tearing his Achilles the previous game, with the Raptors checking Stephen Curry like they were TSA, the Warriors needed Thompson to be great. And he was.
This was different than his past feats. Thompson imposed his will in a way even he noticed was a level up.
“I felt like the best version I’ve ever felt of myself in that NBA Finals,” Thompson said Thursday. “I kid you not.”
Thompson was sitting on a couch, leaning over to sign a pair of his Anta sneakers, when he paused to think. The Sharpie stopped moving as he looked away from the shoes to stare into nowhere. He was in…
