The San Antonio Spurs knew they needed one of their role players to take some of the load off of their two stars if they were going to pull off a first round upset against Denver.
Derrick White has done much more than that over the first three games of this series.
White has been the Spurs’ most consistent player in the first round as he’s scored 16+ points in all three games and played stellar defense against Jamal Murray, the Nuggets’ leading scorer.
The second year guard put in the best performance of his career on Thursday night against Denver with a career-high 36 points on 15-of-21 shooting.