Raptors forward Siakam wins NBA Eastern Conference player of the week award
Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam has been named the NBA Eastern Conference player of the week.
The third-year player from Cameroon averaged a team-high 20 points last week and also pulled down 4.3 rebounds per game, shot .724 from the field and .983 at the free-throw line as the Raptors won all three of their games to improve to 12-1 on the season..
Siakam began the week by contributing 16 points and seven rebounds Nov. 5 at Utah as the Raptors won 124-111 on the second night of a back-to-back.
He followed up with 21 points Wednesday at Sacramento, helping Toronto sweep a four-game Western Conference road trip for the first time in franchise history. Siakam then scored a career-high 23 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field and 8-of-9 at the free throw line in Toronto’s 128-112 on Saturday against visiting New York.