--- title: Golden State Warriors Owner Bows Down to Klay Thompson description: Videos showed Joe Lacob bowing down to and then embracing Klay Thompson as he went to the locker room after the Warriors win canonical: https://time.com/4351509/golden-state-warriors-klay-thompson-oklahoma-city-thunder/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-29T15:26:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:57:06.789Z og:title: The Warriors' Owner Literally Bowed Down to Klay Thompson and His 11 Threes og:description: Thompson had 41 points as the Warriors forced a game 7 against the Thunder og:url: https://time.com/4351509/golden-state-warriors-klay-thompson-oklahoma-city-thunder/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f587150322f8612/6988957b524fc01eb6df833d/klay-thompson1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Klay Thompson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Warriors' Owner Literally Bowed Down to Klay Thompson and His 11 Threes twitter:description: Thompson had 41 points as the Warriors forced a game 7 against the Thunder twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f587150322f8612/6988957b524fc01eb6df833d/klay-thompson1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Golden State Warriors' Owner Literally Bowed Down to Klay Thompson After He Drained 11 Three-Pointers ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. Thompson had 41 points as the Warriors forced a game 7 against the Thunder_ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 29, 2016 3:26 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 29, 2016 3:26 PM UTC The Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson dropped 41 points Saturday night in [lifting his team over the Oklahoma City Thunder](http://time.com/4351471/golden-state-warriors-oklahoma-city-thunder/) and forcing a game 7 in the Western Conference Finals. He also knocked down an NBA playoff record 11 three-pointers. And all that had Warriors owner Joe Lacob sending a clear message to Thompson as he exited the court: [I’m not worthy](https://www.instagram.com/p/BF-oQhIoC4s/?hl=en). [Videos](https://www.instagram.com/p/BF-oQhIoC4s/?hl=en) from after the game showed Lacob bowing down to and then embracing Thompson as he went to the locker room. Watch it below. The decisive game 7 is set for Monday night at 9 p.m. E.T. 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