The Warriors were champions, again. And Thompson didn’t want to take one second of it for granted.
“I was feeling absolutely incredible,” a champagne-soaked Thompson said of that moment of pure bliss after the Warriors beat the Celtics 103-90 to win another NBA title. “I was feeling just so high on life that I did not want to leave the stage, and I just know how hard this is, and to be here for a fourth time, like so grateful for my teammates.”
“People called me crazy,” Thompson recalled. “I knew we had a chance to do something special, and here we are. It’s so incredible. Wow.” The prophecy has been fulfilled and the taste of sweet victory — mixed with champagne and beer, of course — made the last three years of pain and suffering that Thompson endured worth it.
Thompson’s resiliency to overcome not one but two career-altering injuries has been inspiring to his teammates.