Pascal Siakam, the Raptors’ latest franchise centrepiece, is really good. Against a hapless team like the New York Knicks, a squad desperate to form an identity beyond, well, haplessness, his goodness stands out. No matter which player was guarding Siakam, or how much of the team’s defensive attention he had, the Knicks were unable to bother him — not consistently, not really, and definitely not enough to win. Instead, Siakam casually torched New York for 31 points in 30 minutes on the way to a comfortable 126-98 win, Toronto’s fifth in a row.
Raptors cruise to 126-98 win over the Knicks
