Klay Thompson's Dad says GS Warriors Guard Suffered Concussion from Trevor Ariza Knee to Head [WATCH]

If you watched the exciting game 5 of the 2015 NBA Playoffs between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets, you saw league MVP Steph Curry and his team advance to the finals in style. You also probably saw the devastating knee from Trevor Ariza that Klay Thompson took to the head late in the fourth quarter. According to Klay's dad, former NBA player Mychal Thompson revealed that this caused a concussion, resulting in some vomiting! Find out more on this sports news below.

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After faking a three-point shot, Thompson juked Ariza into jumping for the block. Unfortunately, Thompson tried to capitalize by driving towards the paint, leading to the shooting guard getting kneed in the head and going hard to the floor (via UPROXX). You can watch footage of this incident right here:

His ear began to bleed, sending him to the locker room. According to his father, Klay couldn't drive himself home and began vomiting once he was back at his house. In other words, he suffered a concussion.

Klay Thompson's dad on @MikeAndMike: Klay couldn't drive home last night and threw up a couple times when he got home — Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) May 28, 2015

"He said he just needs a good night's sleep," Klay's dad said, according to Yahoo. "[He] threw up and says he feels a lot better."

Klay must now be cleared by the NBA and his team before he can play in the finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers on June 4. Here is the NBA's concussion protocol:

Once a player is diagnosed with a concussion he is then held out of all activity until he is symptom-free at rest and until he has no appreciable difference from his baseline neurological exam and his baseline score on the computerized cognitive assessment test. concussed player may not return to participation until he is asymptomatic at rest and has successfully completed the NBA concussion return-to-participation exertion protocol. The return-to-participation protocol "involves several steps of increasing exertion - from a stationary bike, to jogging, to agility work, to non-contact team drills. With each step, a player must be symptom free to move to the next step. If a player is not symptom free after a step, he stops until he is symptom free and begins again at the previous step of the protocol.

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