After an emotional start to the evening following Klay Thompson's tribute video on the night of his highly-anticipated return to the Bay Area, the Golden State Warriors, and Dallas Mavericks got down to business on the hardwood at Chase Center to kick off the NBA cup group stage.

The Dallas Mavericks tipped off NBA Cup group play as they hit the road west. They took on the Golden State Warriors in Klay Thompson's return to the Bay Area,

Steph Curry was playing with some fire against the Dallas Mavericks. Draymond Green revealed former teammate Klay Thompson ghosted his "Splash Brother" before the game.

It’s hard to find one image that totally encapsulated the spectacle of Klay Thompson’s return to the Bay Area, but Bay Area photographer Noah Graham got as close as humanly possible. For the former Splash Brother’s first regular season game against the Warriors since he was traded to the Mavericks,

Klay Thompson has enjoyed a strong start to his life with the Dallas Mavericks. The four-time Golden State Warriors champion chose to join the Western Conference champions at the start of free agency.

On Tuesday night, the entire NBA world watched as Steph Curry and the Warriors faced off against Klay Thompson for the very first time in history. It was a night that ended with a Curry explosion in the fourth quarter the superstar guard getting heated.