After swallowing a loss at home, the sixth-placed Raptors in the East have revived this campaign and ushered in the challenge of the eighth-placed Hawks in the East during a five-game winning streak.
In terms of the Raptors, although Siakam + VanVleet is in good shape, whether the Raptors can win the key battle in this battle will obviously be in a bitter battle.
On the other hand, on the Side of the Hawks, Gallinari is absent, and the team is rushing to the away game, and the Eagles, who are unstable, will undoubtedly face no small test!
Finally, after four quarters of play, with a wave of 11-3 small climax, the Raptors who played at home, in the first half, they overwhelmed the Hawks and occupied the initiative on the court.
Although after returning from the second half, in the third quarter, Trae Young + Hunter + Hult continued to exert force, leading the Eagles to constantly play counter-attacks, all the way to the score, retaining the suspense of the game.
But in the last quarter of the decisive moment, VanVleet + Scotty Barnes felt hot, the Raptors took the opportunity to establish a 10-point lead in one fell swoop, and the Eagles repeatedly failed to hit, only to lose.
In the end, the Raptors also beat the Hawks 118-108 at home, defending the home court strongly and ending the opponent Hawks' winning streak!
In this game at home, the Raptors can be described as all soldiers, playing a 6-player scoring double-double, multi-point blossoming team offensive, and winning a big victory.
In the case of the main players such as VanVleet + Trent Jr. + Boucher + Achuva, the team's star Siakam and the young scotty Barnes play are particularly critical!
Siakam continued the fiery feel of the previous game, starting 39 minutes, shooting a game-high 31 points on 12-of-23 shooting, plus 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
Among them, in the third quarter, he scored 13 points in a single quarter, not only stepped forward and led the Raptors to withstand the pressure of the Eagles' points, but also successfully affected the trend of the game at both ends of the attack and defense!
In addition, throughout the game, Siakam personally did not make a mistake, and at the same time, with the seventh performance of his career with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a single game, he surpassed Chris Bosh and became the second player in raptors history to achieve this achievement, setting a brilliant personal record!
Of course, the Raptors were able to beat the Hawks in this game, and the performance of the team's youngster Scotty Barnes was also indispensable.
Scotty Barnes was very efficient, starting 34 minutes, contributing a double-double of 19 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist on 7-of-13 shooting, and also without personal error.
And his key play in the final quarter, single-rider single-quarter slash 11 points, but also almost single-handedly, completely ended the Eagles' attempt to fight back!
More importantly, after the victory over the Hawks in this game, the Raptors' regular season record also improved to 46 wins and 33 losses, officially surpassing the Bulls in the ranking and rising to fifth in the East.
At the same time, after opening up a win gap with the Bulls, the Raptors also locked up a seat in the Eastern Conference playoffs this season, and I have to say that the performance of this Raptors team in the playoffs is really exciting!
On the other hand, on the Eagles side, the team was completely suppressed at both ends of the attack and defense in this game, and finally swallowed a 10-point defeat in the game, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, in the case of Trae Young + Hult + Hunter playing well, the three of them cut 20+ at the same time, this campaign lacks Gallinari's Eagles, and the strength and performance of the rotation lineup are indeed somewhat unsatisfactory!
More critically, after losing to the Raptors in this game, the Eagles' ranking was also overtaken by the Nets and dropped to ninth in the East, obviously, for the Eagles, whose state has just recovered, it is undoubtedly a hot momentum for the team, and it has been hit hard!