Colin Connors
It’s difficult to say when exactly the switch flipped for Pascal Siakam. It may’ve happened at some point last summer when he religiously attended Rico Hines’ pick up games at UCLA, garnering praise from some of the game’s elite. Or maybe it came when Siakam averaged a team-high 20.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, shot .724 (21-for-29)…
I’m sure you’ve heard the story by now: At the start of the 2019 NBA playoffs, Fred VanVleet was a shell of himself. Through the first 15 games, not only did he post a meager 4.0 points per game on a paltry 25.6% shooting from the field and 19.5% from beyond the arc, but his…
GS Warriors 106 Final Box Score 105 TOR Raptors B- K. Leonard41 MIN, 26 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL, 9-24 FG, 2-7 3FG, 6-8 FT, 2 BLK, 5 TO, 1 +/- Early in the game, it was only natural to worry about Leonard. He wasn’t creating a ton of space, he was drawing…
MIL Bucks 102 Final Box Score 120 TOR Raptors C P. Siakam23 MIN, 7 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 0 STL, 3-6 FG, 0-2 3FG, 1-1 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 2 +/- Uncharacteristically poor game from Pascal as the energy that endeared him to Raptors’ fans in the first place was absent for long…
TOR Raptors 101 Final Box Score 112 PHI 76ers A- P. Siakam33 MIN, 21 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL, 8-16 FG, 2-6 3FG, 3-4 FT, 0 BLK, 3 TO, -21 +/- Thankfully, Siakam’s calf injury was once again a thing of the past. Siakam shot it fairly well all night and managed to…
TOR Raptors 101 Final Box Score 96 PHI 76ers B- P. Siakam29 MIN, 9 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 3 STL, 2-10 FG, 0-4 3FG, 5-6 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, -5 +/- Siakam’s calf clearly limited his play today, so his stat line comes with a more than a few grains of salt. Regardless,…
Although the Raptors have been here before– having trailed 2-1 against Milwaukee, Miami, and Indiana in recent years– they’ve never quite been here before. In those mediocre matchups of years past, it certainly felt dire, but never quite like this. Going “all in” to acquire and convince pending free agents Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker…
TOR Raptors 95 Final Box Score 116 PHI 76ers B- P. Siakam34 MIN, 20 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 7-15 FG, 0-3 3FG, 6-8 FT, 1 BLK, 0 TO, -18 +/- Siakam feasted early as Philly reverted back to Tobias Harris guarding him, but after Brett Brown made the adjustment to put Embiid…
MIA Heat 109 Final Box Score 117 TOR Raptors A P. Siakam37 MIN, 23 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 8-10 FG, 3-5 3FG, 4-4 FT, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 19 +/- Excellent game from Siakam in this one. His energy and post play kept the Raptors afloat early, and his three looked smoother…
Coming off of a promising win over the Orlando Magic, the Raptors bring their four-game win streak to Brooklyn to face a Nets team that has lost three of their last four games. With their most recent loss against the Milwaukee Bucks, the Nets missed an opportunity to pass the Detroit Pistons in the revolving…
Canada 85, Chile 46 | Box Score In a night that probably featured more Great Big Sea than all other qualifiers combined, the 8-2 Canadians jumped on the 2-8 Chileans early and never looked back in what was Team Canada’s first appearance in Newfoundland and Labrador since 1984. The game continued the burgeoning basketball resurgence…
Toronto 123 Final Box Score 120 Dallas B- P. Siakam37 MIN, 14 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 4-11 FG, 1-3 3FG, 5-5 FT, 0 BLK, 1 TO, 10 +/- Somewhat of an off night for Pascal based on his usual efficiency. His length was key to the Raptors zone defence taking the Mavericks…