Warriors big man Kevon Looney is officially out for the rest of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Raptors, coach Steve Kerr announced on Tuesday.
Looney suffered a non-displaced first costal cartilage fracture Sunday night in the Warriors' 109-104 Game 2 win in Toronto.
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ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski first reported the news.
In his fourth NBA season, Looney had emerged as a key contributor for Golden State. He set career highs in points (6.3), rebounds (5.2), assists (1.5) and minutes (18.5) per game. The 23-year-old upped his scoring average by nearly a point (7.2 per game) in 18 games during the 2019 NBA Playoffs.
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Looney left the first half of the Warriors' win on Sunday after taking a hard fall. With the best-of-seven series shifting to Oakland tied at a game apiece, Looney told NBC Sports Bay Area he was hopeful he could play in Wednesday night's Game 3.
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That, however, will not happen.
Now, the ailing Warriors will have to make due without him.
