Admittedly I didn't watch the entire game, was flipping between the Vancouver game so only saw half. But to me his performance was akin to a guy in your team finally meeting his job expectations and helping you get a deliverable out to a client on time/budget. Is that really stepping up? Sure, I guess if its stepping up from underperforming to baseline expectations. Lets just say, Vally probably wouldn't call that a 'stolen game' as he likes to put it.