The barge had barely crossed the bend in the River Walk on Wednesday night when the chant began.

Steve Kerr! Steve Kerr! Steve Kerr!

"It's amazing," Kerr said, "what a couple shots can do."

Though the Spurs have yet to commission a statue in Kerr's likeness, his game-saving ? and perhaps series-saving ? efforts during the team's championship run appear to have already immortalized him in San Antonio.

After closing out Dallas in the sixth game of the Western Conference finals with a stunning 13-minute performance that included four 3-pointers, Kerr arrived home in the early morning hours to find his neighborhood filled with signs congratulating him. His yard was covered with streamers and toilet paper. The next day he and his wife Margot received a standing ovation at a local Italian restaurant.