Kevon Looney Inspires Shaq and Wilt Memes with 'MVP' Effort in Win over Luka, Mavs
May 21, 2022
Golden State Warriors center Kevon Looney put on a show Friday with 21 points (10-of-14 shooting) and 12 rebounds in a 126-117 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals at Chase Center.
The Warriors fell behind by as many as 19 points and trailed 72-58 at halftime, but Looney dropped 11 points and five rebounds in a third quarter in which Golden State outscored the Mavs 25-13.
He put the Warriors up for good in the fourth quarter with a layup with 8:29 remaining.
Twitter was ablaze both during and after Looney's tremendous outing.
ESPN Stats & Info @ESPNStatsInfoThe last time Kevon Looney scored 20 points in any organized game was Jan. 8, 2015...when he was a freshman at UCLA.<br><br>That spanned his last 20 college games & first 421 NBA games of his career. He has 21 pts & 10 rebs (& counting) currently vs the Mavericks <a href="https://t.co/2erQAsayK6">pic.twitter.com/2erQAsayK6</a>
Looney has been an important piece for the Warriors rotation during the majority of his seven-year career, but he's not necessarily a stat compiler (6.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per this season). That changed in Game 2, though.
Looney and the Warriors will now head to Dallas for Game 3 of the best-of-seven series Sunday at 9 p.m. ET at American Airlines Center.
