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According to Doug Smith of the Toronto Star, Fred VanVleet was excused from Toronto Raptors practice on Friday.

TORONTO — Le joueur étoile Pascal Siakam a récolté 26 points, jeudi, aidant les Raptors de Toronto à l'emporter 115-110 devant les Pelicans de La ...

Le groupe va ensuite rendre visite aux Cavaliers dimanche, à partir de 18h00. Il retrouve un peu ses terres, ayant débuté sa carrière avec le clan canadien. TORONTO — Le joueur étoile Pascal Siakam a récolté 26 points, jeudi, aidant les Raptors de Toronto à l’emporter 115-110 devant les Pelicans de La Nouvelle-Orléans.

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A bench-heavy unit kept the Raptors' lead intact to start the second quarter and by the time Siakam checked back in midway through the frame, the Raptors were up 12 on the strength of a pair of triples by Barnes and Trent Jr. “It feels like there have been some games where that first group has gone and built an eight-, nine-point lead and it’s just vanished — late in the first, early in the second, late in the third and early in the fourth. Poeltl finished with 21 points (on 9-of-11 shooting), a career-high 18 rebounds (seven on the offensive glass), three steals and a block in his 30 minutes of floor time. Poeltl also gave hints at how he can unlock some offence as well, making some nice passes out of the high post, including a lovely find of Siakam on a backdoor cut for a lay-up. He scored nine straight points in a two-minutes stretch late in the fourth on three putbacks after offensive rebounds, a lay-up on a dive to the basket and then brought the Scotiabank Arena crowd to a roar with a block on a dunk attempt by the Pelicans' Herbert Jones. The Raptors were overwhelmed both by talent --even though the Pelicans were without Ingram and CJ McCollum -- and effort. 30 that signalled things with the Raptors might be more concerning than a slow start and some injury concerns. and Scottie Barnes had 18 points each, with the latter – playing at point guard with Fred VanVleet out (personal reasons) – chipping in three assists and three steals. But the Raptors – who improved to 29-31 with the victory -- were in control for the entire game against a quality opponent, not something that they’ve been able to say too often. “They they brought [Larry Nance Jr.] because they wanted to blitz Pascal with the speed and athleticism and Jak made them pay for that,” said Nurse. You want to win to get to the playoffs, to get the Finals, to win championships and stuff like that. In all, they have the league’s fifth most difficult schedule to finish the season.

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was but decided to help out on Siakam getting into the paint. Poeltl already had a high basketball IQ so his re-connection with Pascal Siakam and VanVleet was easy to predict. Contributing to the change of fortunes was the return of O.G. Look no further than his final game as a Spur in Toronto, hours before he switched locker rooms and was attacked at will by Pascal Siakam, Scottie Barnes and Fred VanVleet. He gathered at the three point arc and took off just a foot inside the free throw line. To top it off, Boucher ended that sequence by blocking a three at the buzzer.

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Anunoby stole an Ingram pass with 2:40 left to play, getting a rousing ovation for his dunk and giving the Raptors a 111-101 lead. But Trent drilled a three-pointer 20 seconds later for Toronto and the final score of the game. He then hit a seven-foot shot to make it 111-108 with 1:13 to go. The game has a rare noon start time. It was his only point of the second quarter, for a total of seven, as Barnes, Poeltl, Trent and Anunoby took over Toronto’s offence. Anuonby scored 12 in his return to the Raptors lineup after a nine-game absence. Jakob Poeltl had a double-double with 21 points and a career-high 18 rebounds for the Raptors (29-31). He had 17 points in the quarter. McCollum replied with a floating jump shot. Poeltl was traded to Toronto from San Antonio ahead of the NBA’s trade deadline on Feb. He had injured his left wrist in a bad fall against Golden State on Jan. It was Toronto’s sixth win in seven games as the Raptors claw their way back into the NBA Eastern Conference’s post-season picture.

Deux joueurs de basketball. Herbert Jones et Pascal Siakam. Photo : usa today sports / John E. Sokolowski.

Il a notamment réalisé un panier enfoncé époustouflant qui donnait un coussin de 15 points aux siens, à la fin du troisième quart. Cela portait le score au compte final, dans un dernier quart où les Pelicans ont souvent été menaçants. Le joueur étoile Pascal Siakam a récolté 26 points, jeudi, dans un gain de 115-110 des Raptors de Toronto contre les Pelicans de La Nouvelle-Orléans.

TORONTO (AP)Pascal Siakam scored 26 points, Jakob Poeltl had 21 points and a career-high 18 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors beat the New Orleans Pelicans ...