Pascal Siakam scored 21 points in the first quarter on way his way to 33 for the evening as the Toronto Raptors extended their winning streak to five with a 125-114 victory over the Atlanta Hawks at Scotiabank Arena Friday.
Raptors all-star Fred VanVleet added 26 points, including 13 in the third quarter alone, and 13 assists in Toronto’s sixth win in their last seven contests.
Hawks point guard Trae Young followed up a 43-point performance in a 124-115 win over the league-leading Phoenix Suns the night before with 22 points.
The Raptors last saw the Hawks on Monday, coming away with a 106-100 win in Atlanta. However, that was a different team than the one Toronto faced off against on Friday as all-star guard Young wasn’t available to play Monday.
Both Toronto and Atlanta were playing on the second night of back-to-back games and the fatigue between the two sides showed.
Fortunately for the Raptors, the Hawks appeared to run out of gas earlier as Toronto outscored Atlanta…
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