Jul. 15—LAS VEGAS — The 76ers’ main story line during the summer league has been Jared McCain’s surprising shooting woes.And unfortunately for the No. 16 pick in last month’s NBA draft, he had another rough shooting outing Monday night.The combo guard scored 11 points on 3-for-16 shooting — including going 3-of-10 on threes — in a 97-95 NBA Summer League loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at the Thomas & Mack Center. McCain was held scoreless on 0-for-8 shooting in the second half.Bryce McGowens hit a pair of foul shots with 7.3 seconds left to give the Blazers a 95-94 cushion. After a Sixers timeout, McCain was called for a fivesecond violation while trying to inbound the ball. That gave possession back to the Blazers, where McCain intentionally fouled McGowens. The guard made two more free throws to put Portland up three.The Sixers pulled within two points, and McCain had a chance to be the hero. However, he air balled what would have been the game-winning threepointer with one second left.This comes after McCain struggled through 4-for-14 shooting, including going 1-for-6 on three-pointers, while scoring 11 points in Saturday’s 94-81 victory over the Detroit Pistons. He was shooting 4-for-22 from deep in a combined four games in the NBA and Salt Lake City summer leagues.“I think a lot of it is getting away from my old habits in college and this open game, more spacing in the NBA,” the 20-year-old said. “So just learning different things throughout the game, trying to learn as quickly as possible.”Ricky Council IV paced the Sixers with 18 points, three rebounds, and three assists. Jeff Dowtin Jr. added 17 points, four rebounds, and eight assists. And former Imhotep Charter standout Justin Edwards had 12 points, three rebounds, and one block.Former Sixers two-way player Terquavion Smith finished with seven points for the Blazers. McGowen finished with a game-high 20 points.McCain opened the game by making his first three-point attempt. After missing the next two, he hit a 29-footer to close the gap to two points with 16.5 seconds left in first quarter. Mc-Cain ended the quarter with eight points on 2-for-4 shooting — both three-pointers — to go with one rebound and an assist.However, he scored two points on 1-for-4 shooting (1of-3 on threes) in the second. McCain missed his two thirdquarter attempts — a driving floater and a driving finger roll. Things didn’t get any ...
