The Toronto Raptors (5-5) complete the comeback, and defeat the Washington Wizards (2-8) behind Siakam’s 39 points, 111-107!

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1. What a comeback!!! 2nd half Spicy P turned it on!

2. RAPTOR NATION

3. Well, that happened.

4. THE SPICE MUST FLOW

   I’ve seen people saying he’s pulling a Vince this season. If there was 1 game that proved that wrong, it’s this one. Goddamn

   Front office better be preparing that contract extension RIGHT FUCKING NOW

5. I think I speak for everyone when I say that game was never in doubt. Too easy.

6. 

7. Most typical raptors game

8. Ended the game on a 22-1 run

9. What a 4th quarter, huge heart & effort in storming back for a big win.

   I feel like Gradey is ready for more shots & minutes on a regular basis.

10. Siakam heard y’all talking shit

11. Nephews on /r/NBA telling me, always in the game threads

    “Pascal ain’t ’bout this, Pascal ain’t ’bout that”

    My boy a killer on fucking Toronto Raptors

    He, he, they say that boy don’t be putting in no work

    Shut the fuck up

    Y’all nephews ain’t know shit

    All y’all nephews talkin’ about

    “Pascal ain’t no shooter

    Pascal ain’t this

    Pascal a fake first option”

    Shut the fuck up

    Y’all don’t live with that boy

    Y’all know that boy got caught with a championship

    ‘Being an all-star and shit

    Boy been on Toronto since fuckin’ I don’t know when

    Nephews, stop fuckin’ playin’ him like that

    Them Raptors savages out there

    If I catch another nephew talking sweet about Pascal

    I’m fucking beatin’ they ass

    I’m not fucking playin’ no more

    Y’all know them Raptors roll with Lowry and them

12. bro, this season has been so weird so far…😭

    both in a bad and a good sense And this one had both, but ended up great.

13. We just witnessed generational tanking

14. Went from feeling so hopeless to so proud

15. Glad I stuck around for the entire game. I always do anyway lol

16. https://preview.redd.it/5p8r6vita80c1.jpeg?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1f16a6fd7ee7a2c5c001ee9b203261dbfb6d099

17. NOT a fake comeback!

18. The Torontonian urge to say “we’re so back” 5 minutes after saying “it’s Raptover”

19. WE ARE SO BACK

20. Couldn’t have done it without Markquis Nowell

21. 

22. Darko must be the halftime speech GOAT . Shout out to siakam too being a true leader .

23. O my heart. What an entertaining team.

24. MALACHI FLYNN +12 AND I SAW HIM PLAYING CLEAN DEFENSE AND BOTHERING SHOTS. I’M SO PROUD

25. The comeback was great and all but I’m so tried of this team coming out the gates looking half asleep each game. They put themselves in such a hole for no reason other than they’re playing lazy out there. Come out the games with the intensity they played the 3rd quarter with and things wouldn’t look so bad.

    Anyways, pascal is still an absolutely elite player. If they do decide to trade him he’s gonna make a huge impact on a contender, and should fetch a nice return. Happy to see him hooping again

26. https://preview.redd.it/galh1zxva80c1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a43cdf5049408fd3a9eb435ba4b4a80b882c49c

    Ban this bitch pls

27. Spicy really said get on my back ill carry us the rest of the way.

28. We had no business winning that game what even happened, holy shit Pascal

29. What a sick comeback! Go raps!

30. Wow that game thread was ridiculously toxic and then ….. SIAKAM IS HIM

31. PASCAL SIAKAM TONIGHT:

    39 Points

    11 Rebounds

    7 Assists

    3 Steals

    62% FG

    AND A CLUTCH BASKET AT THE END!!! 🔥🔥🔥

    SPICY P SHOWED OUT TONIGHT!!!

32. Things I saw in the live game thread while we were down

    – “What trade value can we get for Siakam”
    – “this is just like pat bev said, we have no dogs”
    – “we always underrate good teams like the wizards” (they are 2-8 now btw)

33. Holy shit won despite the absolute basketball terrorism from Dennis and Barnes tonight without any shooters. Insane game lmaoo

34. PASCAL NEEDS HIS ASS ATE… NOT BY ME BUT THAT BROTHA NEEDS HIS ASS ATE (PAUSE)

35. All the credit for that W goes to Pascal. He believed when none of us did 🥹

36. Aight. I have no idea how they pulled this off. Siakam was obviously the best player but Boucher was pretty big down the stretch.

    Playing Boucher or Precious is fine. They just need to be not playing together.

37. It’s actually insane to win a game in the NBA when the starters go 0/11 from 3.

38. Gentle reminder, the Wizards suck. But this is why you never turn off games.

39. Jesus rough game from Dennis but he came through in the end.

    Also finally a spicy P game winner

40. Give Slimduck his flowers. That comeback doesn’t happen without his help

41. Is…is…is Malachi turning into a serviceable bench player?? Kudos to this guy, his defense was not bad tonight, way to lock in

42. No 3 pointers needed for that 22-1 comeback just big long guys.

43. Thanks Kuzma. Washington’s tank commander.

44. Boucher’s rim protection at the end there was crucial for our momentum

45. Pascal willed them to victory today with his energy. What a game

46. Malachi closing game over Jakob

47. Fantastic 2nd half from the guys. Siakam was EXCELLENT and showed incredible leadership by example. I really hope this stops people here from laying the blame at his feet. If the team continues to go through some more hurdles and down points throughout the season, it has more to do with team construction than it does with an all stae player that has to bruteforce his way playing in it.

    Schroeder had a strange bad night, and Darko made the right call benching Jakob, not cause he was particularly bad, but because of the matchup and the fact that the team needed to free up spacing to unlock Siakam. Felt like Scottie was sleeping his way through like most of the first half, but he had an excellent second half.

    Bench was great! Malachi is certainly looking like much more of an NBA caliber role player than he ever did, and I hope this is a good sign of him remaining composed mentally. Precious had an ATROCIOUS first stint that I thought would get him perma benched, but kudos to Darko for giving him a second chance and letting him showcase what made him promising in the first place. Dick had ups and downs, but the ups give me a looot of hope of how he’ll look like in a few years. Boucher was EXCELLENT, and was exactly what the team needed in terms of energy. Great blocks, too

48. Masai watching this gonna triple down and send another 1st to Spurs for Doug McDermott

49. Boucher has been part of like 3/5 of our biggest comebacks in history (maybe more). The guy might not get any better but boy does he work his ass off

50. This team without Pascal would be absolutely crap! Why do so many hear want him gone?