The Golden State Warriors are facing the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals. Although the Warriors lost the first game, they were able to clinch game 2 on the road. Kevon Looney did not feature in the second game of the series as he was reportedly sick. Meanwhile, a popular NBA analyst expressed his doubts about the reason behind Looney’s unavailability.

The Warriors did not have the services of Kevon Looney in game 2 against the Lakers. JaMychal Green had to start in place of Looney. Green came up clutch in the game as he scored 66.7 % from the field. Everything ended well for the Warriors as they were able to win by a massive margin of 27 points.

Brian Windhorst expresses doubts about Kevon Looney’s unavailability

Basketball analyst Brian Windhorst of ESPN had an interesting take on Kevon Looney missing game 2 against the Lakers. In a recent episode of his show Get Up he said, “The Warriors went to strategy change of going with the smaller lineup which happened to coincide with Kevon Looney being sick.”?He added, “That could have been something that they could have tried to throw off the Lakers.”?

Windhorst, who has a net worth of $35 million, is having a hard time believing that Looney was not well during game 2. He thinks it’s possible that the Warriors wanted to surprise the Los Angeles Lakers. If it was an attempt to add a surprise element to the game by making Looney unavailable, it certainly worked well for the Warrior.

JaMychal Green, who took on Looney’s spot, proved to be an asset. He was quite efficient on the offensive end of the court. Draymond Green limited Anthony Davis to just 11 points. Ultimately, the Warriors came out on top showing why they are the reigning NBA champions. Irrespective of what Brian Windhorst thinks, Draymond Green and Stephen Curry were surprised to find out about Looney’s unavailability in game 2, as per Green’s revelation in his podcast.

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Draymond Green opened up about Looney’s unavailability

On his podcast, Draymond Green elaborated on how he and Stephen Curry reacted to news of Kevon Looney missing game 2. He said, “Me and Steph looked at each other like, yo. Whoa no. We need Loon. So to find that out when we?re at the gym preparing for the game. It throws a wrench into things.”

According to Green, Steph and him were shocked to find out Looney might not feature in the game. The situation messed with some of their plans for the game. They finally agreed putting JaMychal Green in place of Looney. It turned out to be a decent decision.

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