Rookie McCaw leads way in Warriors’ OT victory

DENVER — Patrick McCaw sat at his locker Friday night, thumbing through his iPhone with a smile, when the NBA superstar he has long idolized sauntered toward him. In the Warriors' 129-128 victory over the Nuggets, McCaw had hit a last-second three-pointer to force overtime and, ultimately, win the game. Four months after he fell to the 38th pick of the NBA draft, McCaw is making a strong case for a rotation spot on a team stocked with All-Stars. "I don't know how many games I've ever seen in my life where a guy hits the game-tying three in regulation, then the game-winner at the buzzer," said head coach Steve Kerr, who has been around the NBA for nearly three decades. After tracking McCaw's sophomore season at UNLV, the Warriors' front office prized the rail-thin playmaker enough to trade $2.4 million to Milwaukee for his rights. "I've never been that guy in the spotlight," said McCaw, who finished with 18 points, six rebounds and two assists. In the Warriors' postgame locker room, Durant showed McCaw a video of his winning shot. Minutes later, when the seven-time NBA All-Star ribbed him for reveling in his big moment, McCaw was actually reading a group chat on his iPhone.