LOS ANGELES — Late Wednesday night, after erupting for 21 points off the bench in the Warriors’ rout of the Lakers, Ian Clark return to his locker to find his iPhone flooded with the same GIF.
Friends and family had wanted to make sure he saw the clip that was going viral: Clark, straight-faced, pointing at Kevin Durant as Durant motioned Clark over to the bench with his index finger. With Golden State up 33 points midway through the fourth quarter, the two teammates had needed only to lock eyes to revert to an inside joke.