Rick Barry: Klay's 60-point outing shows what kind of team Warriors are

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On Monday night, Klay Thompson joined Rick Barry, Wilt Chamberlain and Joe Fulks as the only players in Warriors history to score 60+ points in a game.

A day later, Barry offered his thoughts on Thompson's 29-minute performance in an interview on SiriusXM NBA Radio:

"That's pretty amazing. He's one of the most explosive players in the game. Obviously a 37-point quarter, that he had, is phenominal. This is another amazing performance on his part. But he's capable of doing that.

And it just shows you what kind of team the Warriors are. Somebody's going good, they're going to get the basketball. Steph doesn't take that many shots, Klay is going good, so you milk him. Just an amazing performance on his part and the Warriors with all the assists they had, that's the way you play the game of basketball, that's what makes it fun for everybody and it's the old adage: you get a guy going good, you milk him and the Warriors do that. Not every team does that. You watch college basketball, a guy is going hot, doing well and the next thing you know, he's on the bench and the guys aren't going to him and it makes no sense whatsoever. That's why I love watching the Warriors."

Barry compared Thompson's shooting touch to that of Steph Curry.

"Klay is just an amazing player. People talk about the quickness of Steph shooting the basketball. I tell them 'Look, I think Klay may even be the quicker shooter than Steph Curry.' And when he's going, and he's got the size going for him which is even better than what Steph has, he's virtually unstoppable. And the only way to stop him, like the opposing coach said, you got to try to keep the ball out of his hands."

Barry eclipsed 60 points on March 26, 1974 when he scored 64 points against Portland. But the NBA Hall of Famer did it before the addition of the 3-point line. He made 30 field goals and four free throws.

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