Raptors: Why is Pascal Siakam dominating on offense lately?

TAMPA, FLORIDA - JANUARY 31: Pascal Siakam #43 of the Toronto Raptors (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)

Nick Nurse and the Toronto Raptors had to extinguish a five-alarm fire during their sluggish start to the season. Power forward Pascal Siakam, expected to take a step forward, couldn’t buy a basket for the first chunk of games, as his shooting percentages were down across the board. Luckily for Siakam and the Raptors, the Cameroonian stud has turned things around.

Siakam, who is averaging 19.2 points while setting new career-highs in rebounds (7.9) and assists (4.6) per game in 2020-21, is averaging 24.7 points over his last three games, two of which were 30-point outbursts in a…