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Weekend winners
Steph Curry. Holy (bleep). Seriously. How great was his Game 7 50-point masterpiece? It was the most points ever in a Game 7. Think about that, and all the great players who have played great in Game 7s. He was 13-of-20 inside the arc and finished 50-8-6 with one turnover in 38 minutes. One. Amazing. I was pleased that I watched it.
Kevin Looney. Yes, incredibly rare for two winners of the weekend from the same team, and maybe Looney is just the winner of the first round of these playoffs. But for a team that missed desperately badly on James Wiseman with a high, high, HIGH draft pick a few years ago, the Warriors have found a menacing inside presence in Looney, who in seven games against the Kings was the perfect complement to the high-volume shooting of teammates Curry and Klay Thompson. Looney averaged five shots per game in the seven-game series, but added more than 15 rebounds and 4.3 assists per. He grabbed 21 rebounds in the road win in Game 7 Sunday.
The NBA. Yes, this is more NBA than we normally talk, but all of the NFL draft thoughts will be below. If you are Adam Silver and you could have Kings-Grizz or Curry-LeBron in a second-round Western Conference series, well, getting the latter has to make the man who looks like an alien wearing a human suit very happy.