Pascal Siakam scored a career-high 52 factors Wednesday evening and sank the go-ahead free throw with 2:01 left for the visiting Toronto Raptors, who snapped a six-game shedding streak and ended the New York Knicks‘ profitable streak with a 113-106 victory.
Siakam’s 52 factors shattered his earlier career-high of 44 factors, set 3 times beforehand, and was the eighth 50-point effort within the NBA this season. He was additionally the primary participant to attain at the least 50 factors at Madison Square Garden since James Harden had 61 factors for the Houston Rockets on Jan. 23, 2019.
Siakam additionally added 9 rebounds and 7 assists in serving to the Raptors snap the NBA’s longest energetic shedding streak. Fred VanVleet had 28 factors, together with a 3-pointer on the possession following Siakam’s go-ahead free throw. O.G. Anunoby scored 15 factors and had the block that led to VanVleet’s 3-pointer.
Julius Randle and RJ Barrett scored 30 factors apiece for the Knicks, whose eight-game profitable streak was the longest energetic run within the NBA. It was New York’s longest profitable streak since a nine-game streak from Apr. 9-24, 2021.
Randle completed with 13 rebounds whereas Immanuel Quickley had 20 factors and Mitchell Robinson added 10 factors.
Siakam scored 9 factors to assist stake the Raptors to a 28-27 lead after the primary quarter. He then scored 17 factors within the second quarter, when Toronto took a pair of 14-point leads and carried a 63-53 lead into halftime.
The Knicks opened the third with a 13-2 run by which Quickley drained a trio of 3-pointers, together with the basket that gave the hosts a 66-65 lead. Siakam then scored all of the Raptors’ factors in a quarter-ending 17-8 run to offer Toronto an 87-80 lead heading into the fourth.
The Knicks scored the primary 5 factors of the fourth earlier than the Raptors scored the following 9 factors to go up 96-85. New York responded with a 17-5 run and took a 102-101 lead on Barrett’s driving dunk with 3:21 left.
The groups traded empty possessions and the Raptors missed a pair of 3-pointers earlier than Siakam was fouled by Jalen Brunson. After hitting each free throws, Anunoby blocked a shot by Barrett. The Knicks obtained no nearer than 4 following VanVleet’s 3-pointer with 1:36 left.
Siakam broke the 50-point barrier by driving three-quarters of the ground and changing an old style 3-point play for Toronto’s ultimate factors with 15.9 seconds remaining.
