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Fake Klay Thompson's lifetime ban from Chase Center is very real, Warriors say

YouTuber Dawson Gurley, otherwise known as "Fake Klay Thompson," said Monday that he was banned from the Chase Center after successfully getting onto the court before Warriors-Celtics Game 5.

It seemed too good to be true. Gurley bears little resemblance to Thompson, other than shaping his goatee like Thompson does and, I guess, wearing a Warriors uniform. If Gurley indeed breezed by stadium security by wearing a full jersey (which athletes generally don't wear when entering arenas), it would represent a major breach.

And yet it appears that may have happened.

"An individual falsely impersonated a Warriors player in a deliberate attempt to access unauthorized areas within Chase Center," a Warriors spokesperson told SFGATE.