Derrick White’s breakout is earning him plenty of love from the media

If you haven’t noticed yet, Derrick White had himself quite a night in the Spurs’ Game 3 win vs. the Denver Nuggets. He scored a career-high 36 points, including 26 in the first half, setting a few milestones along the way.

It’s not every day a Spur gets so much attention, even in the playoffs, so it felt only fitting to give him his own round-up.

• ESPN wrote about his breakout game that Denver never saw coming.
• USA Today is calling him the breakout star of these playoffs.
• NBA.com sees a diamond in the rough breaking out in the playoffs for the Spurs as a near annual tradition.
• Deadspin covered the revelation of White and how he is helping prove that the Spurs can do more on offense than just shoot from mid-range.
• Of course, the question on everyone’s mind is asked by the mother site’s Matt Ellentuck: How do the Spurs keep doing this?
• Kind of like how White took Jamal Murray’s fourth quarter explosion personally after Game 2, the Nuggets are taking White’s Game three personally, so we’ll see if they respond in kind. Everyone better be ready.
• Finally, something we’ve been saying for quite a while, and now The Ringer is asking: With the revelation of White, is the Spurs’ future even rosier than previously expected?