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ORLANDO – Slowly, certain factions of the basketball community are starting to figure out what others, including Raptors fans, have witnessed firsthand this season: Pascal Siakam isn’t just the NBA’s most improved player, but he’s also a budding star.
The third-year forward scored a game-high and personal postseason-best 30 points to go along with 11 rebounds and four assists as the Raptors defeated the Magic 98-93 and took a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. So, he wasn’t unprepared for the way in which Game 3 unfolded. Lowry played a crucial part in the win, securing the game-clinching offensive rebound in the final moments, but only recorded 12 points. Leonard, who missed practice the previous two days and was under the weather, had an uncharacteristically quiet night with just 16 points on 5-of-19 shooting and six turnovers.With his trademark spin move and an array of jukes and euro steps he blew by the Magic’s long and very capable defenders.
After scoring 66 points in his first 12 playoff games combined, he’s totalled 73 in the first three games of this postseason. Coming into this series, he had never played more than 28 minutes in a playoff game. He’s currently averaging 40.1 minutes, second-most in the NBA behind Thunder forward Paul George .
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