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NBA Twitter reacts to Kelly Oubre’s career-high 40 points in Golden State’s win over Dallas

The NBA world reacts to a career-best 40 points for Kelly Oubre.

Golden State Warriors guard Kelly Oubre Jr. made the NBA community forget about his slow start in Golden State, at least for tonight. In nearly every statistical category, the 2020-2021 season has been a struggle for the first-year Warrior. Perhaps no area of the 6-foot-7 scorer’s game has been more of a letdown than his perimeter shooting through 21 games in the Bay Area.

Any of those letdowns were momentarily tossed out the window in Golden State’s 147-116 win over Dallas that lifted the Warriors to 12-10 on the year.

Oubre led the Warriors with a career-night, going 7-10 from beyond the arc to finish with 40 points. He ended up a scorching 14-21 from the field and scored more points than in his three previous games combined. Most importantly, the sixth-year pro’s efforts propelled the Warriors to a massive western conference road win against a Dallas team that was firmly expected to be in the playoff picture. The 40-piece is a career-best for the Kansas product, and drew reaction from all across the association on social media.

Here is a look at what the NBA community thought of a career-high night for the Warriors swingman: