Warriors star Stephen Curry destroyed the Mavericks on Tuesday night, and Klay Thompson's actions before the game may have influenced it.

Klay Thompson was back in Golden State and got to see just how hard it is to shut down Steph Curry in the clutch.

After an April 2022 game when Thompson was recovering from his torn Achilles, he sat on the Warriors’ bench, alone, with a towel draped over his head for 30 minutes. The Achilles and ACL injury kept him out for 941 days, and in his return to game action, he snarled at the Chase Center crowd after dunking on a pair of Cavaliers.