For more than a little while, it seemed like there were only two people who hadn't mostly given up on Kevon Looney's Warriors career — Steve Kerr and Looney himself, and I might place Looney behind Kerr in the rabidness of that position on most days.



And now? That was Looney, who had never played a playoff minute until this season, plugging away for 22 sublime and very significant big-man minutes in Thursday's Game 3 at San Antonio.



That was Looney not exactly lighting up the box score (four points, two rebounds, three steals, one blocked shot, one assist) but sliding into the right spot on defense every time, holding up on the post against LaMarcus Aldridge, swiping at the ball, staying tall, moving efficiently on offense and just doing everything this star-laden team needs from its center. And nothing more.



That was Looney ending up +17 in the plus/minus, which included absorbing a -4 in the sloppy final garbage minutes of the Warriors' 110-97 victory...