In what some are describing as a karmic turn of events, Raptors’ forward Pascal Siakam, the team’s second-best player throughout this postseason, suffered a right calf contusion in Toronto’s Game 3 loss to the 76ers and is subsequently being listed as doubtful for Sunday’s Game 4, reports Adrian Wojnarowki of ESPN (h/t to Hoops Rumors’ own JD Shaw).
Siakam maintains that he is unaware of when the injury occurred, but as Tim Bontemps of ESPN and others have noticed, Siakam appears to have used his right calf to trip Sixers’ big man Joel Embiid during the fourth quarter of Toronto’s loss on Thursday night. A closer look at the video appears to show Embiid’s left knee colliding with Siakam’s calf, and Siakam did not return to the game after the collision.
A top-candidate for the NBA’s Most Improved Player award, Siakam is averaging 22.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game this postseason. Should he miss tomorrow afternoon’s game, Toronto will look for both Kyle Lowry and Marc Gasol to step up their games in his absence to help Kawhi Leonard and the rest of the team even up the series with Philadelphia at 2-2.
That was an obvious dirty play and I hope that’s why he’s hurt.
You hope that’s why he’s hurt?? That was hardly a dirty play. Simmons elbow to the nuts was a dirty play, you hope Ben is hurt too?? This sucks for the Raptors, but hoping a dude is hurt because he made a dirty play according to you, is lame.
It was a dirty play clearly!!! And If Kyle Lowry put his butt in my face I would have punched him harder!!
People pay good money for that service
Lol I’m sure you wouldnt have. Maybe over a keyboard haha. And they got tangeled up, that’s why his butt was in his face if anything
lol, Lowry intentionally threw that butt into Simmons face, was obvious
raps are done
Without Siakam Raps are in trouble.
With this injury the Raptors may not only be losing Siakam……. they may also be losing Kahwai
That has to be one of the stupidest comments I have ever read and I’ve read a few. If everyone got hurt because they tried to hurt somebody there would be no one playing.