Siakam is no longer an X-factor unless X stands for extra-large and when the Raptors needed him most tonight, he was there. (michaelgrange) Presented by UberEats
, who has emerged from role-player status to playoff game go-to-guy in the space of 12 months — making the kinds of big plays on the road that the big dogs do.
The Raptors weren’t quite as clinical in as they were in Game 2 when they were able to shove the Magic over the edge in the fourth quarter and coast home. With a raucous crowd behind them Orlando kept pushing and former Raptor Ross kept chucking. He scored 13 of his Orlando-high 24 in the fourth. What was a 17-point Raptors lead with just under eight minutes to play was cut to three on a Ross triple with 42 seconds left.
The Magic were determined to make it that way, to make the Raptors find another way. After Leonard shredded them for 62 points on 25-of-40 shooting through two games, the Magic were no longer having it. They started 6-foot-10on Leonard and his length and quickness caused Leonard problems, but behind Isaac or whoever the primary defender was there was always another body or two ready to cloud his line of vision.
But that only left more opportunities for Siakam, and he made the Magic pay as he has been all season in a breakout year that will almost certainly earn him the NBA’s Most Improved Player award in the summer and a hefty raise come contract time, his pay commensurate with his ever-expanding confidence.
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