Kevon Looney dominated the NBA's leading rebounder to punch the Warriors' ticket to the second round.
Kevon Looney of the Golden State Warriors handles the ball during the third quarter in Game 7 of the Western Conference First Round Playoffs against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on April 30, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif.Domantas Sabonis was an All-Star and the fulcrum of a historically great offense this year. Compared to Kevon Looney, though, that’s nothing.
Sabonis was outperformed at nearly every turn by Looney throughout this first-round series. Save for his 24-point performance in Game 2, the 26-year-old was quiet in part due to the defense that the Dubs’ frontcourt put on him, but mostly because of Looney’s astounding rebounding abilities that kept Sabonis off the defensive glass.
Nowhere was that more pronounced than in the Warriors’ 120-100 victory in a do-or-die Game 7. The two big men engaged in a box-out battle whenever a shot went up in the air, with Looney emerging as the victor almost every time. This wasn’t just one big man dominating another, this was the Dubs’ iron man outclassing theIn the third quarter alone, the Warriors had 13 offensive rebounds, and Looney was responsible for seven of them.
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