Jared McCain's fearless play boosts Thunder past Spurs in Game 3 for WCF series lead
Thunder guard Jared McCain scored 24 points and fearlessly challenged Victor Wembanyama in a Game 3 win in the Western Conference finals Friday..
SAN ANTONIO — Jared McCain is an audacious basketball player. No other way to explain why a guy who’s 6-foot-3 on a good day would have the gall to attack Victor Wembanyama. And then have the brashness to flex on all of France.
No other way to explain why McCain, who played games for the Delaware Blue Coats this season , would think it appropriate to take 21 shots in a Western Conference Finals game. Four more shots than his MVP teammate, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander . Six more shots than Wembanyama.
None of this makes sense. That’s probably what the Spurs were thinking Friday night as they fell into a 1-2 hole in part because of the play of a Philly castoff whose grin is as vibrant as his fingernails. Has there ever been a more exuberant playoff assassin?
“I love this so much,” McCain said. “I love what my life is right now. ” And the Thunder’s loving life with McCain.
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