On March 29, Beijing time, the Raptors defeated the Celtics 115-112 to end the opponent's six-game winning streak, after which the Heat returned to the top of the Eastern Conference. This game Green Kai is a game of abandonment, because the starting center Rowe meniscus tears, Uduka is afraid that Jaylen and Tatum are also tired, so let the two cores directly take a break, did not expect a group of substitutes to play like a model, the last quarter once led the raptors who played the main force, Sika key 40 seconds to help the Raptors drag into overtime, the raptors in overtime to control the overall situation, and finally under the leadership of Sika, the Raptors won with difficulty.
The key to the Raptors winning this victory is Sika! With 1 minute left in the final quarter, Neismith took White's three-pointer to stretch the gap to 4 points, Sika had 52 seconds left in the final quarter to make a quick two-point success, followed by Smart's quasi-kill, with 12 seconds left Sika breaking through to make Neismith foul and making two free throws to equalize, and then Gerway lost the ball and Trent Jr. missed a chance to enter overtime.
In overtime, Green Kai scored 6 points for the whole team, Sika one person 6 of 2, scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks, and in overtime, Green Kai was 9 of 1, which means that two of the 9 attacks were blocked by Sika, and Sika attacked and defended in overtime. He became the key gentleman of the Raptors' game, otherwise Nas would be disgraced, after all, Sika, VanVleet, And Trent Jr. were all there, and Jaylen Brown, Tatum, and Lowe were not there.
Siakam played 47 minutes, 17-of-29, 0-of-4 from three-point range, 6-of-8 from the free throw line, and had 40 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals and 2 blocks, shooting 58.6 percent from the field. VanVleet made 4 of 13, 3 of 9 from three points, and only had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, shooting 30.8% and 33.3% from three-point range; Trent Jr. was 4 of 12, 1 of 5 of three-pointers, 12 points, 2 assists and 1 rebound, shooting 33.3% from the field and 20% from three-point range.
In this campaign, Siakam won the fourth career 40+10, which is the sum of deRozan + Vince Carter Raptors careers, Sika's performance at the beginning of the season was actually not good, but it became better and better as the season progressed.
Throughout March, Sika averaged 26.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, shooting 56.1 percent from the field and 44.2 percent from three-point range, and the Raptors have won nine of them in the last 11 games, Sika deserves credit, he is also the league's top forward, and now Nas even let him play the starting fifth position.
Text/Yan Xiaobai