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Basketball : Cameroonian Pascal Siakam carry’s Toronto Raptors to victory in thrilling opener

Cameroon’s International Basketball champion, Pascal Siakam has put up an awfully impressive performance in the season’s debut to help his team Raptors, beat New Orleans Pelicans, 130-122.


Pascal Siakam, the 2018/2019 Most Valuable Player of the NBA scored 34 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 block, across 38 minutes in the Raptors’ win over the Pelicans on Tuesday October 22, 2019.
Toronto Raptors outscored the Pelicans by 18 points in the 44th minutes.
Many basketball lovers see him as the new sheriff in town for the Raptors, as Siakam exerted his dominance in the season-opener with the Pelicans.


After last year’s breakout, the Cameroonian NBA star seems poised to take another step forward this season.

Pascal Siakam delivers an All-Star performance.

VanVleet was not alone in filling up the box score, he was with Cameroonian MVP Star, Pascal Siakam.
Although he may have fouled out, Pascal Siakam put together an impressive performance in his debut as a max contract player.
Siakam finished with 34 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists to provide a glimpse for what is in store for the rest of the regular season.
After the departure of Kawhi Leonard in free agency, there were speculations about whether or not Siakam would be up to the task of delivering as Toronto’s franchise player.
The longer the game went on, the more comfortable Siakam appeared in asserting himself as he poured in 14 points in the fourth quarter before the ill-timed charge for his 6th and final foul with just under a minute left.
Siakam finished two rebounds shy of becoming the first player since Charles Barkley in 1992 with at least 30 points and 20 rebounds in a season opener.




As of now, Siakam is up to a bit of everything but this is just one Game 1 of 82.

Pascal Siakam reviews long term contract with Toronto Raptors

The opener against Pelicans come two days after Pascal Siakam signed multi-year extensional deal with top flight Toronto Raptors.
The four years contract worth some $130 million makes Siakam a franchise player for Raptors.
The celebrity player ended the last season 2018/2019 with an average of 16.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.
Toronto Raptors defeated Golden States Warriors 4-2 in the NBA finals, with Siakam averaging 19.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists.


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