Looney was Warriors' MVP of Game 6

Stephen Curry and Draymond Green sat most of the second half of Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals on the bench watching their team get obliterated by the Memphis Grizzlies. But rather than sulk over the demoralizing 39-point defeat, one of the franchise's worst playoff losses in history, the two Warriors stars were already pivoting their attention to the next game.

Curry and Green knew there needed to be a change in the starting lineup to help jump-start the Warriors, who had been struggling to find their rhythm early in the three games since Gary Payton II went down with an elbow injury. Rookie Jonathan Kuminga wasn't cutting it, and there was no way the Warriors were boarding a plane back to Memphis for Game 7.

The conversation continued on the team's flight back to San Francisco, but the answer became obvious.

The Warriors needed size to combat revitalized Grizzlies center Steven Adams and more re