Pascal Siakam may be injured but it didn't stop him from getting the job done in Game 5 for the Raptors. (ArdenZwelling )
That was a new one. Siakam’s never shot well on three-pointers from anywhere but the corners, and yet he was feeling himself so much in the early going that he decided to let one fly from the left elbow. Although it rattled around the rim before it dropped, that thing looks the same as any other on the box score.
Danny Green was 5-of-7. Marc Gasol was 3-of-5. Kyle Lowry and Siakam had two apiece. Even Jeremy Lin and Jodie Meeks each hit one in garbage time, as the Raptors took their victory from thorough to overkill.Gasol’s willingness to shoot was particularly encouraging, as the sometimes maddeningly unselfish centre shot five times from range. That gave him 12 attempts over the last two games, one shy of the baker’s dozen he totalled over his six games prior.
“We made some shots tonight — I think that really fuels you,” Nurse said. “It really gives you energy and a momentum boost. It’s hard to continue to play really tough defence all the time when you’re getting discouraged because you’re shot’s not going in. A few of them went in tonight and I thought the defensive level of intensity went upward. That’s good. That’s playing both ends pretty well tonight.
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