Pascal Siakam was one of the big first-half surprises, posting one career high after another and averaging 15.1 points a night. “I think you don’t want to judge too much just where we are all the time,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. He’s given the Raptors another ball-handling creative force, much needed in the NBA of this era. So the halfway mark has come and gone and the Raptors have been outstanding except when they haven’t been. And when it’s looked at from a step or two back, with the Raptors in a tense battle for No.

Source: thestar January 06, 2019 23:26 UTC