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MANILA, Philippines – Just last season, Richard Jefferson was certain that his NBA career was over, content to walk off with a championship ring with the Cleveland Cavaliers. But the thrill of playing for a top team – and a two-year, $5 million contract – brought Jefferson back for a 16th season.
On Christmas Day, Jefferson reacquainted himself with the Golden State Warriors – the team his strong role play helped thwart from a 3-1 series deficit in last season’s finals. Jefferson made sure they had new memories of him. (LOOK: NBA keeps Christmas 2016 jerseys simple but classy)
Jefferson greeted Warriors newcomer Kevin Durant in the fourth quarter, skirting to his left for the off-hand jam around the 2014 MVP’s outstretched arms. Jefferson was hit with a technical for winking at Durant afterwards.
That would pale in comparison to what would happen to Klay Thompson later on in the quarter when Jefferson received a baseline dish from Kevin Love and leapt into the air and threw down a slam so hard that it should be made into an actual poster because it’d sell well in the Cuyahoga County area.
Those would be the only two field goals made out of 11 attempts for Jefferson in the game as he finished with 8 points and two rebounds in 28 minutes but the Cavaliers still earned the win at Quicken Loans Arena, 109-108.
Speaking of Thompson, he was also the defender when Kyrie Irving hit the game-winning jumper with 3.4 seconds to play. Rough night. – Rappler.com
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