OAKLAND–Klay Thompson was half-way through this conversation, patiently re-living and re-counting as much as he could, then he stopped, shook his head and found the words he was really seeking.
“God, I can’t believe it’s a year already,” Thompson said with a resounding full-body shrug.
Yes, it does seem amazing–of course, the date (May 28, 2016) and the circumstances (Game 6 of the Western Conference finals in Oklahoma City, with the Warriors trailing 3-1 after a record-setting 73-victory regular season) are permanently rooted in practical fact and history.
But a blink or two after it was over, after Thompson’s 41-point performance, and playoff-record-setting 11 three-pointers (on 18 attempts) kept the Warriors’ season alive that night, the moment seemed like it was already existing out of time and beyond normal sports dimensions, moving into some higher, cloudier plane.