Kyrie Irving dropped an eye-opening Klay Thompson admission following the Mavericks' victory against the Pelicans.

The Dallas Mavericks hosted the Washington Wizards on Monday night and got out to a dominating start, thanks to future Hall of Famer Klay Thompson. He scored 21 points in the first quarter, outscoring the Wizards by himself, as Washington had just 16 points in the first 12 minutes.

Thompson tied a Mavericks record set by Luka Doncic three seasons ago with a vintage performance reminiscent of his prime with the Warriors.

Klay Thompson drained seven 3-pointers in the first quarter on the way to a game-high 23 points and the Dallas Mavericks handed the visiting Washington Wizards a 14th straight loss with a 130-108 blowout on Monday.

Thompson added his name to the franchise record books with an electricfying display of shooting in the first quarter.

On Monday evening, the Dallas Mavericks are playing the Washington Wizards (at home). Klay Thompson erupted for 21 points, two rebounds and two assists while shooting 7/10 from the three-point range in his first ten minutes of playing time.

Klay Thompson's explosive first quarter against the Washington Wizards on Monday night reminded him of his iconic game against the Sacramento Kings 10 years ago.

Klay Thompson and the Dallas Mavericks hosted the Washington Wizards on Monday. Even without Luka Doncic, the Mavs looked to sweep the season series against a team in the midst of a 13-game losing slump.

During this time, Pelicans guard C.J. McCollum took advantage of a missed floater by Irving and led a transition opportunity to find Trey Murphy III for a windmill alley-oop. Less than 10 seconds later, McCollum remixed the play and threw another lob to Murphy to give the Pelicans a six-point lead going into the half.

There was a rumored opportunity for Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson to reunite one final time, but it looks like it won't be happening due to Caitlin Clark.

On Wednesday evening, the Dallas Mavericks played Pelicans in New Orleans. The Mavs won by a score of 137-136 to improve to 26-22 in 48 games. Klay Thompson f