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Klay Thompson prepares to play in front of a record-breaking nearly 64,000 NBA fans when the Warriors face the San Antonio Spurs at the Alamodome on Friday night.

When asked if Splash Bro was worried about the giant arena affecting his depth perception when shooting a basketball, Thompson dialed up a quote from the basketball movie The Hoosiers.

“It’s pretty easy,” Thompson said Friday when asked how difficult it was to adjust the eye to shoot. am.”

An award-winning actor, Hackman played the role of Norman Dale in the classic sports film “Hoosiers,” about a high school coach taking over a boys’ basketball program in rural Hickory, Indiana.

While it seems unlikely that the Hickory Huskers will make it to the state championship game at Butler Fieldhouse (home of the Butler Bulldogs), Hackman’s character will serve the team well, and the dimensions of a basketball court in a gigantic arena are a small home. Remind me that it’s the same for Jim. Hickory.

The Spurs are celebrating their 50th anniversary as a franchise by hosting the Warriors at the Alamodome on Friday. It will be the first time San Antonio has played there in 20 years. The Alamodome was used by the Spurs as his arena from 1992 to 2002.

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As of Thursday night, the Spurs had sold 63,592 tickets for the game, an NBA record for one game when the Atlanta Hawks hosted Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls at the Georgia Dome on March 27, 1998. Broke 62,046 copies.

But Thompson isn’t worried about big crowds. He channels his inner hickory husker and follows Hackman’s wise words in San Antonio.

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