“Pascal Siakam did not take getting snubbed lightly!”: Raptors’ star leads his team to the longest win-streak in East, takes down LaMelo’s Hornets

Akash Murty | 08/02/2022
"Pascal Siakam did not take getting snubbed lightly!": Raptors' star leads his team to the longest win-streak in East, takes down LaMelo's Hornets

Pascal Siakam with a 24-point double-double leads the Raptors to a win against the Hornets just after his All-Star snub. 

Hours after LaMelo Ball got his first-time All-Star selection over Pascal Siakam and other top candidates as a replacement for the injured Kevin Durant, the Charlotte Hornets took on the Toronto Raptors at the Spectrum Center.

Siakam looked all-in for the game to get the answers for his All-Star snub. But LaMelo came off pretty rusty. He shot just over 26% from the field and 16% from the perimeter, scoring just 15 points in the game that could rather have been a close encounter if the first time All-Star hit his shots.

Also read: “You win some, you lose some”: Jarrett Allen nonchalantly accepts his All-Star snub as LaMelo Ball is named as a replacement for Kevin Durant

In a somewhat similar fashion to the start of their season, the Raptors literally ball watched their 23-point lead nearly vanish when Miles Bridges led Hornets came storming back in the second half.

If this match took place during the start of the season or even a month ago, the Raptors would have surely lost the game, but they fought back in this one like they’ve been doing since the end of January.

Leading his team to yet another victory, the 2020 All-Star has made the Raptors one of the best teams to watch in the East.

Pascal Siakam leads Raptors to cruise past LaMelo Ball’s Hornets

The 116-101 victory over the Hornets brings the Raptors their sixth straight victory, which is the longest winning streak in the Eastern Conference this season.

Siakam has been the major contributor in all of those wins, averaging around 24-points, 11-rebounds, 5.5-assists, 2 steals, and a block. He almost had a triple-double in the night against the Hornets.

Raptors led by Pascal Siakam, first-time All-Star – Fred VanVleet, and a resilient Garry Trent Jr. are slowly and steadily becoming a contender in their conference. With a 29-23 record, they now sit at 6th position over the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics.

Also read: “LaMelo Ball is the 3rd youngest All-Star behind LeBron James and Kobe Bryant”: NBA Twitter lauds Hornets point guard for making his first All-Star selection replacing an injured Kevin Durant

Having one of the youngest squads in the league, everyone expected the Raptors to be a good team in coming years. But playing at this level in the current season, they are making the Eastern Conference a tough place to be in for any team.

 

 

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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