Pascal Siakam keeps adding to his bucket list in breakout season with Raptors

DeAndre Ayton, the first pick in the 2018 NBA draft, stood slack-jawed under the basket as the buzzer sounded at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night, signalling the Toronto Raptors’ one-point win over the Phoenix Suns.

Over in one corner, Pascal Siakam celebrated jubilantly with Fred VanVleet and Kyle Lowry. Thirteen seconds earlier, the 24-year-old rising star had walked out of a huddle ahead to Toronto’s final possession. His team was down by one point, and he had one task: Take the last shot.