Pascal Siakam was the 'biggest reason' Raptors won Game 1 - Nick Wright | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Nick Wright and Cris Carter give their thoughts on the Toronto Raptors taking Game 1 118-109 against the Golden State Warriors. Hear why Nick credits Pascal Siakam and the Raptors' defense for their win.
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Pascal Siakam was the 'biggest reason' Raptors won Game 1 - Nick Wright | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST
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[@FirstThingsFirst]

How would you grade Pascal Siakam's performance?

[@andrethomas356]

First Things First: Cris Carter and Nick Wright I would give him a 9/10 the warriors underestimated him

[@kp8444]

Grade: Spicy

[@Ambrooks83]

He's was obviously the best player in the game and he was because the Warriors didn't respect him enough to plan ahead for him... I'm sure Raps will have different guys each game step up for Kawhi (if he's trapped/doubled too often) Lowry, Gasol, Dan Green, Siakam are showing that they are capable of helping so they can't be ignored. Kerr was right when he said GSW's transition defense wasn't there and Raps took advantage of it using their speed, length & their home crowd

[@Dec4AllTimeAlways]

First Things First: Cris Carter and Nick Wright Siakam = Finals MVP, Raptors' current cornerstone Kawhi = superteam killer, future Clipper

[@Dec4AllTimeAlways]

First Things First: Cris Carter and Nick Wright I can't believe all it took was a hobbled Kawhi, Siakam, Lowry, VanVleet, an ancient Gasol, Ibaka, and Danny Green to defeat a team that still has FOUR All-Stars! 🤣

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

Draymond: I'm the greatest defender of all time Siakam: 32points 14/17 shooting

[@Ambrooks83]

LMAO... Draymond was just gassing himself as usual to build confidence

[@georgegeri1392]

@@Ambrooks83 FAXXX

[@innismor11]

Drake to Draymond after game .... GOAT, huh?

[@FaithfulFumoFan23]

That boy too small for Spicy P and Big Spain 💪

[@doit207]

Draymond thinking when he first tried and block siakam shot dam this is gonna be a long night I'm gonna have to lebron it tonight.

[@MrJ9191]

Gasol 7 vs Bell 6,9; Siakam 6,9 vs Green 6,8; Leonard 6,7 vs Iguodala 6'5. All the raptor's front court out size GSW's, of course GSW would be hammered in the paints

[@mi4812]

I never understand why people talk about slowing down or speeding up the game. The speed I attack has almost no bearing on the speed the opposing team chooses to attack, apart from the fact fast breaks might create a few more turnovers. Both the dubs and raptors are versatile, they look for a fast break when the opportunity is there, and are happy to play in half court when it's not. They don't try to force the "pace" one way or another. Seems like all teams that can should play that way, and not worry about the other team's pace... am I missing something?

[@innismor11]

Warriors are too small without KD and Cousins. (And what was Kerr doing starting Bell?)

[@ethanm3838]

He wanted to surprise Raps he thought Bell quickness against Gasol would be effective. What Gasol lacks in mobility he makes up for IQ.

[@GOATSO99]

"& PASCAL SIAKIM GAVE HIM THAT WORK" 😭 - NICK WRIGHT

[@topnotchtajmahal7216]

😂😂😂😂😂 I was so surprised he said that

[@kappy428]

GOAT SOSA 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jonez_617]

Lord, I fell tf out ...🤣⚰️💀

[@charanko.]

Huge respect for Spicy P 🌶🔥

[@welisanerich5376]

Pascal putting Cameroon on the Map 🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲. Go Raptors ✌🏿✌🏿

[@ryanelkadi3196]

Is joel embiid a joke to y'all lmao. Siakam is definitely better than embiid now but Joel was the first star from Cameroon

[@ScottDMacLeod]

Pascal Siakam - Wins MIP and Finals MVP in the same year :)

[@lovejalo1978]

Scott MacLeod Siakam Mip, Leonard Finals Mvp

[@dominicdo2719]

MIP yes Finals MVP mostly Kawhi or Curry. It's possible if he keeps it up but GS is going to pay more attention to him now that they realize he's a threat.

[@Stilez]

So happy the world is seeing what Toronto knew all year... Siakam is a STAR in the making!!

[@marcus813]

I've known about him for a while. I won't forget how he sliced my Magic up to start the playoffs.

[@clarkkent2220]

Already a star

[@innismor11]

Coach Kerr knows now. #CoachingFail

[@RealMikeMiller13]

marcus813 he did that with Jonathan Isaac guarding him too... not easy to do

[@Dutch3k5]

So the warriors really ain’t better without KD. - Kd’s burner account

[@tkbreezy21]

I'm dead

[@JLee-xe9qn]

Pascal would've only scored 2 points on me. - Paul Pierce

[@innismor11]

....and both from the free throw line.

[@bf5881]

it's hilarious watching you guys day after day correct yourselves after predicting most of the raptors games wrong during these playoffs..

[@a02endless15]

B F lol 😂

[@dominicdo2719]

The Magics are gonna take down the Raptors...Here's the reason why the Raptors won. The 76ers are gonna win.....And the Raptors takes it and makes history. The Bucks is going to sweep the Raptors....The Raptors reverse sweep and makes history again. GS in 4....Raptors takes game 1 convincingly with Kawhi posting up only 23 points. The media right now is like that kid that trash talks in game and get immediately wrecked.

[@FaithfulFumoFan23]

Turned Draymond Green into BBQ Chicken with extra spice 🌶🌶🌶

[@UrbnXplr]

cooked him fr fr

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

raptors played suffocating defense and FVV Kyle siakam lbaka norm Green gasol stepped up

[@ethanm3838]

Not Norm. Nurse recognized Mckaw is better match up defensively to Livingston so Powell didn’t play much. Livingston is GSW sixth man.

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

Siakam gets an A+

[@Veggamattic]

If you guys thought the Raps would slow the pace down you haven't paid attention to them all year.

[@herbyoung2767]

I think they've said attention at least once this year.

[@joshloach7670]

Draymond: I'm the best defender in history Siakiam: Hold my wine.!

[@valerieremark3473]

Hold my hot sauce

[@jg14gerhard_bar]

can't it's too much

[@user-hi3ke6qh7q]

Draymond: I'm the best defender in the world Siakam: *Scores 11 straight*

[@trienasee2136]

Draymond getting ready to kick Siakam or another Raptor in the balls, or scratch him in the eyes. Just watch.

[@dominicdo2719]

He does that and there won't be enough security in the world to stop the 10s of thousands of fans waiting for him outside if he makes it out

[@thecomenterthecomenter5569]

When you studied for Kawhi instead found Siakam and Gasol.

[@eddiejones8540]

Someone please shout out Spicy P's weakness? Look at the games where KL sat during the year.....WHO was the GUY in the box scores in those games??? SpicyP....yall betta recognize. Either shoulder in post, euro, 3, mid, post, break, D, on the ball D.....this dude is gonna get the NBA's respect after this series. And Kawhi is not leaving....he and SpicyP best O/D combo SF/PF in the L.

[@borood1188]

Raptors have too many weapons for GS to contend with.

[@fauxhawklad]

You would be laughed at for saying this a month ago. BUT IT'S TRUE. RAPS IN 3.

[@jg14gerhard_bar]

OG is coming back soon. i just hope he can handle the intensity and shove back into the game

[@jwk4567]

Um... CC... Nick Nurse is a first year HEAD coach with the Raps. Dude has been there 6 years with Case. Come on man.

[@thesobertruth8271]

Siakam has a bright future if he continues to improve. i like him

[@innismor11]

If KD not ready to return until game 4, GSW better win one before that. If it's 0-3, KD will just shut himself down. He won't risk it at 0-3.

[@detailsmove]

It was a great game 1; highly entertaining

[@justinkuemmerle2061]

nick wright is a genius who else would have though Pascal was the best player on the court last night.

[@weycool4681]

Even before the series started, I knew Siakim would be the "key" to this series. Siakim's game was diminished by superior interior defenders like Embidd, Giannis/Lopez combo. After Siakim's monster Game 1 against the Philly, they put Embidd on Siakim to stop him. Now the Warriors have much smaller paint defenders, so Siakim was able to take advantage of the mis-match and undersized defenders. Then Gasol stood up big time.. Green knocked down 3 three's.. and VanVleet hit that crazy three down the stretch. A total team effort.

[@eraphael0819]

Is it me or does Nick have a hair piece on ? 🤔🤔🤔

[@astrocade9541]

Game 1 Overreactions are in.

[@chazz256]

Exactly.

[@austinneveau9387]

Hm

[@dominicleonino3313]

Still think Andre iguodala is better than siakam nick?

[@shawn2004grad]

Taz Goat you may be correct. However, Andre is towards the end of his career. Spicy P is in the beginning.

[@afiyaapplewhite3622]

Have you guys watched the raptors play all season lol? The raptors play better when they play faster. They’re not tryna play like GS they’re playing like themselves

[@christianmensah2940]

if he dont win MIP......

[@wordplayfromthemind]

People forget Popovich had dinner with Steve Kerr! What advise do U think he gave him? U better believe Popovich isn't going to allow Khawi to get a ring immediately where he landed making Spurs look like that....😐Just saying....

[@shaunmc013]

Pascal is the reason the Raptors has won all of their games - even though he was a bit off last night Kawhi's is going to do his thing - he can't do it by himself. When Siakam scores in the double digits the Raptors typically wins. He ran through Draymond.

[@daviddavies4887]

I'm go to "cliche " you don't spell team with an i, 🤔 and next game it will be ? And kawhi Leonard. When Golden State win it's ,,because of one of their players did outstanding right, ijs

[@StandUpGill]

Yes. Lots of Kawhi in him. Wait til the league learns of Chris Boucher following a similar path to Pascal. G league MVPs and similar games. And OG next year

[@X-Klawmation]

2020 and we looking good!

[@gangtime8705]

He Went from 7 to 17 in regular season I like him but how is he like kawhi he is not Draymond or kawhi he is something we never seen before or Giannis with a jump shot but not that athletic

[@donbrassco301]

Raps Used The Bench😊# Peo Going To Tired😈

[@jeffcavanaugh9986]

You mean the guy that missed 4 and took 17? You don’t say!

[@Lvrry416]

3 *

[@kevinv7260]

Raptors🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@mikedots9544]

they lost the 3rd quarter by 3 points, nick cappin

[@Streez-00]

Would love for Raptors to win but without Durant Raptors are able to focus on Klay and Curry more and without those two playing well they have no offense really once Durant returns Raptors win maybe 1 more

[@htrain4139]

GS won rings without kd they have a winning record without kd who cares they getting out played by a better team in my opinion

[@dukedog47]

I keep expecting CC to bust out in the Humpty Dance, Digital Underground.

[@jermainereese6848]

Can siakam do it again is the question.

[@jayybren]

What if he doesn't have to?

[@marcus813]

He sure can. I think he's a future superstar. If Andre Iguodala's compromised, Boogie doesn't find his footing and KD doesn't return, who's gonna stop Siakam?

[@TC-wg1gx]

“Superstar” is way too strong

[@jonathanjohnson6727]

He had some luck rolls with those running hook shots, unless he's practicing and developing that as a core shot for him. So he probably won't, but more than likely he won't have to. The raptors play a less rapid version of gsw offense, with locked down one on one defense that can easily play connected/team defense. Also they have 5/6 guys that can go on quick spurts like the ole gsw teams(siakam, kawhi, fvv, gasol, lowry, and at times Danny has done that. Oh, and OG shown that before too, so long as he doesn't ruin the flow when he returns).

[@relledwards2102]

Did nick get a toupee? 😂

[@craigmartin3933]

It looks like Nick Wright is reading off a TelePrompTer

[@lowdistortion]

Siakim isn't flashy in fact his game is kinda ugly but he's effective

[@macl653]

Between him and Kawhi we have the most effective/ugliest scorers lol

[@theinktician]

@@macl653 Kawhis offense is beautiful

[@pokerani99]

HalloFrame let him know, there’s beauty in simplicity

[@polliehom]

Nick is incorrect about the coverage on Paskel. For the most part in the bucks series, Brook Lopez covered him and in the 76ers series it was joel embid who covered him for the most part. I could see them switching Jordan bell, kevon looney or buggie on to him, forcing him to shoot. hopefully, dramond takes it personally and refuses to switch off of him.

[@willemdee]

Not surprised Toronto got Game 1.

[@joshloach7670]

Me either

[@tonycanaris6521]

These talking heads MSM mediA always gets on bandwagons. Hypocrites. I listen trunews. These guy get paid for talking?

[@nisisofthehalo4091]

no takes on steph? he had 34 but he only had like 8 field goals. any other superstar or MVP would have been in the headlines for that.

[@Samcirca]

Toronto better not expect Siakam to do that again. They have the versatility to play to a different plan in game 2.

[@w3t80y123]

Warriors had some bad turnovers, bad transition defense.. if they clean it up, they can beat them without durant

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

It was no shock

[@gangawerks]

I knew it was over when Klay got the tech. Something really off with this GS team.

[@ericsigersmith2831]

War eagle

[@joshasante9076]

Jenna poppinnn 😛

[@EmilSosnin]

Greens and Extra Spicy Curry cookout 🍛🌶️

[@monciagriffin6011]

there defense was

[@taylengill2132]

I’m convinced that Nick doesn’t watch the games

[@dominicleonino3313]

A dude from Canada honestly probly not cuz the show is so early in the morning. Probly just looks at the box score the next morning. He never actually talks about what happens in the games

[@MrJ9191]

Good old saying: "offense wins games, defense wins chip"

[@doubleup0315]

MrJ9191 🤦🏾‍♂️ it’s offense sales tickets defense wins championships lol

[@dr.feelgood7615]

People who are familiar with the ball is life yt channel shouldn't be surprised by siakam. He put in work during the off season in all those scrimmage games and it shows this year

[@user-zf7hm1jm9r]

Pascal Siakam has the Spicy P going for him.

[@bluered5664]

I give the MVP to Kawhi because without him Siakam doesn't score 20. GS is throwing EVERYTHING at Kawhi & forcing other guys to beat them.

[@astrocade9541]

I totally agree but I wish ppl thought this way for Steph lol

[@valdkidvenganza648]

Don't talk if the series is not yet over 👌👌👌

[@myfishni]

Darkness falls. O mista green

[@madamba12]

Not a "Stunner"

[@versatiletitan2466]

Draymond got eaten up...

[@SuperStrik9]

Spicy P is MIP 100%.

[@AhmadAli-rn8lk]

History changed!!!!

[@DEUnknownPLAY3R]

What a unique and hot take!

[@aznfratboy1]

Woah! Chris' tie!

[@romds2786]

If Toronto get game 2 kd needs to get back in game 3 or 4 even if he's not fully recovered. But maybe kd wouldn't want to risk it

[@kp8444]

That's my thoughts. Does he really want to hurt his financial future to come back early? Boogie lost a ton of money due to a big injury.

[@ncg8224]

KD isn't coming back because he needs to be healthy bext season in order to get s max contract

[@intodaysnews]

I have to give Nick nurse 50 percent of the credit, kawahi 35 and the rest to the team. Yah or nah?

[@shaunmc013]

Jalen Rose should have his on show - he always make the right calls....

[@TC-wg1gx]

Shaun McClendon He has a show and a podcast

[@shaunmc013]

The one he shares with Jacoby? Nah he needs his own show lol I think him Caron butler would work well together..

[@AryanPatel-bt9gj]

1st

[@hardythomas21]

I said if Kyle Lowry is still considered the raptors 2nd best player next year kawhi has to leave no matter what. But if Pascal step up and becomes the raptors 2nd best player and be consistent. Kawhi should seriously consider staying in Toronto.

[@isiahalcindor6278]

They could really be this generations jordan and pippen maybe with less rings cause this league catches up fast

[@hardythomas21]

@@isiahalcindor6278 I agree 100% because they have the talent. Also you hit it on the money with the less rings part. I honestly see KD and Kyrie going to New York and philly being better after they whole roster been together a whole off season and full season. Than you have Milwaukee if they make the right moves and giannis get a jumpshot they a be hard to beat. Plus Boston can look alot better next year from trades or just certain players leaving.

[@andrethomas356]

If the warriors don’t get A Healthy K.D back this series is over!!!

[@theinktician]

They're 2nd guy shot 80% and they only won by 9 - at home. Calm down there

[@htrain4139]

They have played better without kd they have a winning record without kd y'all forgot

[@jesseswarbrick7895]

@@theinktician look at Siakam's majority of points...they were lay ups and close to rim baskets, so its easier to get 80 percent when you are close to the net. The thing that you are underestimating is how long siakam is and how fast he can cover ground, that's how he is able to get that kind of efficiency ...Unless they double team him, he will be able to get close to the net and make easy baskets so expect more games like this for him

[@Dec4AllTimeAlways]

Siakam = Finals MVP, Raptors' current cornerstone Kawhi = superteam killer, future Clipper

[@friedit7862]

dumbest statement, kawhi wins finals MVP

[@eenho8618]

These guys are great at stating the obvious and making bad predictions

[@rosseller2045]

Not to mention Curry is trash.

[@Coracora-he9pz]

34-5-5 doesn’t sound bad to me🤷🏾‍♂️

[@rosseller2045]

@@Coracora-he9pz lol I'm just trollin. I wanna see him lose, I'm a Lebron fan so I'm just a hater.

[@Coracora-he9pz]

Junaid Desai 4 real😂

[@Coracora-he9pz]

Ross Eller k man, good luck then👌🏽😂

[@galaxybrainclips]

@@rosseller2045 LeBron would be disappointed at you. Pretty sure he don't want his fans wishing someone fail at his expense.

[@bigboner23]

Cavs in 8!

[@NotLikeUss]

🤣

[@NallaDlanorGomez]

ur jr smith right?

[@slay9949]

Jr where you been...I mean hennething is possible