It was a successful evening in every way, Toronto yesterday: authoritative winners from the Thunder after a serious game on both ends of the field and controlled from start to finish, which followed another convincing victory against the Nuggets two days earlier, the Raptors have also found Pascal Siakam.
Because if the interior All-Star has been present on the ground in recent days, his impact on his team has clearly not been at its highest lately, particularly in the last two weeks. In this, his very good game last night (25 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists), his best of the month of March, was a real ray of sunshine.
” I attacked this match with the will to be aggressive » he confirmed at a press conference after the meeting. ” Especially with the desire to go to the free throw line, it’s been a while since I’ve been there so much (8 passages on the line this night, against only 5 in his last four games in total, editor’s note) . I wanted to be a bit sharper, more energetic in my choices. »
A modified position in the attack, alongside Jakob Poeltl
For Nick Nurse, the ‘Spicy P’ performance tonight was actually the new standard given the player’s role in the team’s offensive schemes. A more “off-ball” role for a month since the Cameroonian no longer plays as much “pick-and-roll” since the arrival of Jakob Poeltl at the “trade deadline”, and therefore wears leather a little less since it then operates more in the role of swallowing up spaces.
” He scored on transition, on well-negotiated ‘drives’, on the ‘spin moves’ that he appreciates. He grabbed five offensive rebounds as well. He tries to multiply the ways to score. I also thought he took good 3-point shots. Shots he didn’t necessarily take at the start of the season ” noted the Toronto coach, who then admitted that his attack would continue to move away from the pattern in which Pascal Siakam is at the center of the “pick-and-roll” phases, as was the case during the first part of the season.
” Our pick-and-roll works better [avec Poeltl]and now takes center stage in our attack he concluded thus. ” So inevitably, he is more relegated to a role away from the ball. »
| Pascal Siakam | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2016-17 | TOR | 55 | 16 | 50.2 | 14.3 | 68.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| 2017-18 | TOR | 81 | 21 | 50.8 | 22.0 | 62.1 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 7.3 |
| 2018-19 | TOR | 80 | 32 | 54.9 | 36.9 | 78.5 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 16.9 |
| 2019-20 | TOR | 60 | 35 | 45.3 | 35.9 | 79.2 | 1.1 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 22.9 |
| 2020-21 | TOR | 56 | 36 | 45.5 | 29.7 | 82.7 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 21.4 |
| 2021-22 | TOR | 68 | 38 | 49.4 | 34.4 | 74.9 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 22.8 |
| 2022-23 | TOR | 59 | 38 | 47.2 | 33.9 | 77.0 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 24.2 |
| Total | 459 | 31 | 48.6 | 33.0 | 77.3 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 16.8 | |
