Watch: Giannis Antetokounmpo posterizes Klay Thompson
Everyone around the league is happy to see Klay Thompson back healthy, but that doesn't mean he gets special treatment -- especially when he's standing underneath the rim.
Thompson found himself on the wrong end of a highlight dunk, getting posterized by Giannis Antetokounmpo on Saturday night in the Warriors game against the Bucks.
It all went down in the third quarter, when the Warriors led 93-77. Jordan Poole pulled up for a 27-foot three. He missed and Milwaukee guard Jevon Carter hauled in the rebound. The Bucks dribbled down the court and set up in their halfcourt offense, with Jrue Holiday holding the ball on the right side.
After running a few seconds off the clock, Holiday swung the ball to Carter, who then fed it to Antetokounmpo in the post. Following a ball fake, Antetokounmpo sealed Jonathan Kuminga off, took one dribble and spun into the lane.
Thompson, with his feet planted firmly in the restricted zone, jumped to try and block Antetokounmpo's dunk. Bad decision.
Antetokounmpo flushed it home on Thompson's head, sending him stumbling away across the lane and summoning the Bucks bench up to its feet.
Thompson may have been embarrassed at first, but he could take solace in the fact that the Warriors were cruising to an easy win at the end of the third quarter. They led by as much as 21 to begin the fourth, when Thompson connected on a short two-point jumper.
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