Beijing time on January 16, the NBA Raptors away challenge to the Bucks, the first quarter of the Raptors feel very sluggish, their single-quarter shooting rate of 27.6%, three-point shooting rate of only 12.5%, the Bucks took advantage of the trend to get a 9-point lead, the second quarter OG-Anunoby, Fred VanVleet jointly cut 19 points to lead the team to play back, the Raptors fell behind by 3 points in the half, the third quarter Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 10 points, but unfortunately the Bucks' overall shooting rate in this section was only 27.8%, Coupled with Pascal Siakam's comprehensive performance of 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in a single quarter, the Raptors surpassed the Bucks by 4 points in the third quarter.
In the last quarter, the alphabet brother continued to walk up the free throw line, the Bucks launched a counterattack many times, the last 1 minute and 30 seconds before the final game, the Raptors led the Bucks by 4 points, then Siakam hit a three-point shot, the alphabet brother made a mistake, Siakam 2 free throws 1, the alphabet brother scored 2+1, Siakam hit Hill hit, Middleton hit the iron, Siakam 2 penalties 1, a wave of 7-3 made the Raptors lead points into 8 points, the game basically lost suspense here, and then the alphabet brother 2 free throws, Van Jordan 2 penalties 1, In the end, the score was fixed at 103-96, and the Raptors defeated the defending champion team with a small 7-point victory!
Siakam's performance at key moments is very powerful, without Siakam's play, Alphabet Brother may really be able to lead the team to reverse the game, after all, he shot 11 free throws in the last quarter, which is 2 more than the Raptors' final quarter free throws, and in addition to the key performance, Siakam's full-court play is also very good, the whole game Siakam 20 shots 11 shots bombed 30 points + 10 rebounds + 10 assists + shooting 55% of the big triple-double data, Alphabet Brother 17 shots 6 of 17 shots to score 30 points + 6 rebounds + 4 assists + shooting rate of 35.2%, 2 people did score a draw, but the gap in shooting rate was as high as 19.8%, this battle alphabet brother is all suppressed by Siakam...
The data of winning 30+ big triple-doubles in a single game overwhelmed the alphabet brother, Siakam led the team to defeat the defending champion team, which is quite an amazing performance, more importantly, Siakam's good performance is not a theory, in the last 4 games, Siakam averaged 40.6 minutes per game, averaging 26 points + shooting 47.4% + three-point shooting rate 46.7% + 9.5 rebounds + 7 assists + 1.8 steals, before Siakam did have a downturn for a while, But with him leading the team to beat the Bucks, it seems that Siakam has found its best form, and with such a Siakam, the Raptors may become a "dark horse" in the East this season, right?