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Madeline Kenney

Warriors’ Klay Thompson back on top after overcoming injuries: ‘He came back better than ever’

BOSTON – Klay Thompson was one of the last Warriors players standing on the stage at TD Garden after the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy presentation celebration.

The Warriors were champions, again. And Thompson didn’t want to take one second of it for granted.

“I was feeling absolutely incredible,” a champagne-soaked Thompson said of that moment of pure bliss after the Warriors beat the Celtics, 103-90, to win another NBA title. “I was feeling just so high on life that I did not want to leave the stage, and I just know how hard this is, and to be here for a fourth time, like so grateful for my teammates.”

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