Overview
- Sheppard scored a season-high 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including 5-of-8 from three, in a blowout win over the Wizards.
- Across road games in San Antonio and Milwaukee, he shot 12-for-20 overall and 8-for-13 from deep, adding a career-high four steals against the Bucks.
- He is averaging 22.1 minutes per game early this season, nearly double last year, and has been entering with Steven Adams in the first substitution group.
- Kevin Durant publicly praised Sheppard’s recent stretch, and Amen Thompson reinforced the team’s green light for him to shoot with a playful postgame warning.
- Coaches cite improved decision-making and active hands on defense while monitoring his size-related matchup challenges and tendency to gamble in pick-and-rolls.