{"id":48438,"date":"2019-10-31T10:26:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=48438"},"modified":"2019-10-31T10:26:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:26:38","slug":"raptors-finally-get-1st-win-against-ex-coach-dwane-caseys-pistons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/local\/gta\/raptors-finally-get-1st-win-against-ex-coach-dwane-caseys-pistons\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors finally get 1st win against ex-coach Dwane Casey’s Pistons"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pascal Siakam is feeling confident in his expanded role as a focal part of the Raptors offence.<\/p>\n
The results are following.<\/p>\n Siakam scored 30 points Wednesday for the third time in five games, leading the Toronto Raptors to a 125-113 win over the Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n “Feels good, I feel comfortable,” said Siakam, whose responsibility has increased this year in the wake of Kawhi Leonard’s free-agent departure over the off-season. “I think the more and more I get into situations like that the more comfortable I get.<\/p>\n “Just having the coach trust me to have the ball in my hands … it feels good and the more comfortable I’m going to get.”<\/p>\n Siakam also added five rebounds and five assists in 30 minutes as Toronto (4-1) built up a comfortable lead, then spent much of the fourth quarter on the bench as coach Nick Nurse rested most of his starters.<\/p>\n Fred Van Vleet had 13 points and 11 assists, Kyle Lowry had 20 points and Norm Powell and Serge Ibaka added 19 off the bench to help the Raptors earn their first win against former coach Dwane Casey.<\/p>\n Andre Drummond had 21 points and 22 boards to lead Detroit (2-3) and Derrick Rose poured in 16 points with 10 assists.<\/p>\n Siakam scored 19 points in a dominant third quarter that saw Toronto pull ahead by as many as 20 before ending the frame with a 101-85 lead.<\/p>\n The Raptors opened the third on an 8-0 run for a 13-point lead, and extended the advantage to 82-62 a few minutes later on a 10-0 run capped by a Siakam three-pointer. Siakam sank his third three of the game in the final seconds of the third.<\/p>\n “Didn’t he just have [a stretch]\u00a0the other night where he banged about five straight threes to start the game or something?” coach Nick Nurse said of Siakam’s hot start to the season. “He made a variety of shots, [against]\u00a0a bunch of different defenders. He’s good and he’s turning into a prime time scorer, right?<\/p>\n “That three ball is going to take him a long way.”<\/p>\n