Beijing time on January 1, the NBA Raptors sat at home to meet the Clippers, the first quarter of the 2 teams performed equally, the Clippers three-pointers are more accurate, the Raptors rebound more, the first quarter of the battle 2 team difference is only 3 points, the second quarter Reggie and Morris played an outbreak, 2 people in the second quarter of 7 shots 6 cut 17 points, the Clippers followed the trend of the Raptors 6 points, the third quarter Fred VanVleet played a single quarter of 11 points of the outbreak, but unfortunately, in addition to him, the Raptors other players 17 shot 13 iron, the three quarters of the Raptors fell behind the Clippers 5 points.
Although the Clippers missed Paul George and Kawhi Leonard in this campaign, under the coaching of Tylen Lu, this team without double supergiants is still very fierce, the last quarter of Siakam, Anunoby both played an outbreak, the final 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the final 2 teams tied, and then Boucher and Siakam jointly sent a wave of 4-0, Terrance Mann hit 3 points, and then VanVleet, Anunnobi sent a wave of 7-0, the score was finally fixed at 116-108, the Raptors reversed the Clippers small win by 8 points, In this game, Risiakam and VanVleet played very well, and more importantly, this is not a discussion, the Raptors duo has shown good combat effectiveness!
Pascal Siakam scored 25 points + 19 rebounds + 7 assists + 2 steals + 2 blocks on 10-of-20 shooting, Siakam played the top interior data, 19 rebounds is his new high this season, Fred VanVleet cut 31 points + 9 assists + 4 rebounds + 2 steals + 1 block, and he scored 5 consecutive points in the final moment to seal the win, the Raptors double core this campaign combined 56 points + 23 rebounds + 16 assists to break the Clippers, such a performance will be surprising, After all, at the beginning of the season, they didn't play as well as they do now.
Pascal Siakam's performance in the 2019 playoffs was disappointing, the 20-21 season was also mediocre, After the departure of Kohuai Leonard, he was called the new king of the Raptors, but his performance did not meet expectations, in November, Yakham's average data was 17.7 points + shooting 46% + 7.2 rebounds + 3.6 assists, plus or minus -2.3, the data still looks mediocre, and in the nine games after November, his average data in 9 games was 22.3 points+ Shooting 48.8% + 9.1 rebounds + 4.7 assists, plus or minus +7.9, the data is real, he gradually found the rhythm!
Van Jordan's situation is somewhat similar to Siakam's, and his performance at the beginning of the season is not outstanding, the difference is that Siakam missed some games at that time, which may have affected Van Jordan's performance, and later with Siakam's return, Van Jordan has gradually played a good level, so far this season, Van Jordan's average data per game is 20.4 points + 5 rebounds + 6.8 assists + 1.66 steals + shooting rate of 43% + three-point shooting rate of 39.3%, points, rebounds, assists, All four shooting percentages set career highs, and his three-point shooting rate is close to 40%.
Siakam supports the front line, Van Jordan sits in the backcourt, one inside and one outside, this is like a configuration of internal and external dual cores, the gradual improvement of the state of these 2 people, that can also be reflected in the Raptors record, this season so far the Raptors' record is 15 wins and 17 losses, the win rate is 46.9%, and in the last 10 games, the Raptors' record is 6 wins and 4 losses, the winning rate is 60% (during the victory over the Clippers, Wizards, Bucks, Warriors), not only the record is good, the gold content of this record is still quite high, as long as it can maintain the recent level, I think the Raptors duo is hopeful to lead the team into the playoffs, right?