Klay Thompson scores 10 points in preseason debut with Dallas

DALLAS (AP) — Klay Thompson made his preseason debut with the Dallas Mavericks On Thursday night, he scored 10 points in his new team's 107-102 loss to the Utah Jazz.

It was Thompson's first NBA game in anything other than a Golden State jersey. He played 11 seasons with the Warriors, not counting the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons he missed due to injury, helping Golden State win four NBA championships.

He enters this season with 2,481 3-pointers, the sixth-most in NBA history. And all three of his baskets in his exhibition debut with Dallas came from beyond the arc.

Thompson was 3 of 5 on 3-pointers in 18 minutes, 3 of 9 overall from the field.

His debut was one of several notable debuts that have occurred or will soon occur this NBA preseason. Among other things: Karl-Anthony Towns plays for New York already twice and Chris Paul plays for San Antonio For the first time on Wednesday. And on Friday, Paul George is expected to make his exhibition debut for Philadelphia.

Thompson agreed to join the Mavericks this summer, a transaction that occurred as part of the first six-team transfer in NBA history. Golden State, Minnesota, Charlotte, Philadelphia and Denver were also involved.

The Warriors have already announced they will retire Thompson's No. 11 jersey. Thompson wears number 31 for Dallas; The Mavericks' No. 11 jersey is worn by Kyrie Irving.

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