--- title: Watch Klay Thompson Score 37 Points In The Best Quarter Ever description: Video tells the tale canonical: https://time.com/3681453/klay-thompson-37-points/ author: Jack Dickey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-24T18:07:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:13.949Z og:title: Watch Klay Thompson Score 37 Points In The Best Quarter Ever og:description: Video tells the tale og:url: https://time.com/3681453/klay-thompson-37-points/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9a2b4963b5f3399/69877bc03c163962274515d7/klay-thompson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Klay Thompson, Darren Collison og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Klay Thompson Score 37 Points In The Best Quarter Ever twitter:description: Video tells the tale twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9a2b4963b5f3399/69877bc03c163962274515d7/klay-thompson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch: The Warriors' Klay Thompson Had the Best Quarter of All Time > Sponsored content. 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Ben Margot—AP  by [Jack Dickey](https://time.com/author/jack-dickey/)  ## Jack Dickey Jan 24, 2015 6:07 PM UTC Until Friday night, the NBA record for most points scored in a period belonged to George “Iceman” Gervin, who dropped 33 for the San Antonio Spurs one night in April ’78 (he had a [scoring title to clinch](http://onthisdayinsports.blogspot.com/2014/04/april-9-1978-george-gervin-wins-scoring.html)), and to Carmelo Anthony, who scored 33 for the Nuggets against Minnesota in December 2008\. Gervin could shoot, and so could—can?—Anthony. But neither has anything on the league’s reigning assassin, the Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson, who managed 37 points in a fiery third quarter against the sad-sack Sacramento Kings. (The Warriors, overall, had 41 points in the quarter.) Thompson went 13-for-13 from the field, including nine-of-nine from three-point range. He tied the record for most field goals in a quarter, and set a new record for most three-pointers. And he added in two free throws for good measure. [SB Nation’s Seth Rosenthal](http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/1/24/7880983/watch-every-shot-of-klay-thompsons-record-breaking-37-point-quarter) has all the oohing and aching you’ll need, and Ray Ratto has [the local color](http://www.csnbayarea.com/warriors/klays-historic-night-adds-warriors-insane-season) but for now behold this: With the win, the Warriors advanced to 35-6, five and a half games better than any comer the stellar West has to offer. They’re 9-1 in their last 10 and 20-1 at home. 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