1 week Ago By Jordan Samar, Hardwood Heroics
The Philadelphia 76ers came up short in ending the Cleveland Cavaliers’ undefeated streak , losing 114-106 on Wednesday night, but the team got another superb performance out of rookie guard Jared McCain . In his first career NBA start, Jared McCain recorded 34 points, two rebounds, 10 assists, and two steals. The former Duke Blue Devil went 12-for-26 from the field and knocked down six three-point shots.
According to StatMuse , Jared McCain joined Jason Kidd and Stephen Curry as the only rookies in NBA history to reach those numbers. The 20-year-old guard also became the first Philadelphia 76ers rookie guard to notch three consecutive 20-point games since Allen Iverson, per StatMamba . Jared McCain got to do this since Philadelphia was severely undermanned, with Joel Embiid , Paul George, and Tyrese Maxey sidelined.
Four other players also scored in double digits for the Philadelphia 76ers. Kelly Oubre Jr. had 20 points, Caleb Martin had 18, Reggie Jackson notched 13 off the bench, and Guerschon Yabusele added 10 points.
The Philadelphia 76ers are now 2-9 to start the 2024-25 NBA campaign, making them the second-worst team in the Eastern Conference behind the rebuilding Toronto Raptors. Philadelphia 76ers are impressed with Jared McCain Philadelphia 76ers head coach Nick Nurse praised Jared McCain for having a career night, saying he is a fast learner, and teammate Caleb Martin added that he wants to see more from the rookie guard in the upcoming games. “Probably the biggest thing was the 10 assists for me.
I know 34 is a huge number, but again, he kind of mostly he’s been doing all kind of one way, and now that you do that, you’re starting to create, they’re going to send more people and create, and I thought he did a good job, for the most part of getting it out to other people to create some buckets, and that’s pretty fast learning, right?” Nurse said via Ky Carlin of the Sixers Wire. “Obviously, down a couple bodies that we need. He’s picking up a lot of the areas that we need right now.
He’s being super aggressive and, obviously, just putting on his repertoire on display and be able to get to spots and create off the dribble and play make so I’m really excited,” Martin added. This article first appeared on Hardwood Heroics and was syndicated with permission..
