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TORONTO – Just over a year ago, Pascal Siakam was mired in one of the worst three-point shooting droughts imaginable amidst one of the worst three-point shooting seasons of all-time.
He’s eclipsed his career-high in scoring seven times this season, most recently with a 44-point explosion against Washington earlier this month, and he’s been the most consistent contributor on a team that features Kawhi Leonard and Kyle Lowry. Given how hard Siakam works and how rapidly just about every other area of his game has developed – especially considering he’s only been playing organized basketball for eight years – this improvement seemed inevitable. Eventually he was going to extend his range, but if you expected it to happen this quickly you were more optimistic than most.
He had only taken seven threes as a rookie after attempting just 17 in two seasons at New Mexico State. It wasn’t part of his game so it hadn’t been a big part of his routine. That was about to change. "The pressure to win right now is so severe that you can't live through some of that,” Nurse said. “How can we keep letting this guy keep taking these shots? He's not making them. It's affected the outcome of today’s game.
“It's a lot of patience. It's a lot of work. It's a lot of consistency. Now that's the biggest thing, is being consistent with the shot and being consistent with the work, because it can take a while. And being patient. You've gotta be patient, you've gotta continue to just shoot your shot. You'll have frustrating days and you'll have frustrating times, but the endgame is bigger.
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