Nets lose 110-102 to Pascal Siakam, Raptors

The Brooklyn Nets were unable to finish off their big battle north of the border against the reigning NBA champs.

The Brooklyn Nets had their first shot at the 2019 NBA champion Toronto Raptors on Saturday. Unfortunately for Spencer Dinwiddie and company, Pascal Siakam and his teammates proved to be too much, as the Raptors won 110-102.

Siakam scored a game-high 30 points for the Raptors, with 25 coming in the first half. Brooklyn held him to two baskets on 12 attempts in the second half, but Serge Ibaka scored 10 points between the final two quarters and Norman Powell had 16.

For the Nets, four of the five starters finished with 10 or more points. The one outlier was Jarrett Allen, though he grabbed 10 rebounds, thus extending his streak of games with 10 or more rebounds to 10.

Dinwiddie led the charge with 24 points. He has scored 20 or more points in 12 of the 14 contests in which Kyrie Irving has been absent. He also logged eight assists in the loss

Garrett Temple finished with 16 points, Taurean Prince had 14 and Joe Harris scored 13.

Harris’s lone made 3-pointer (on six attempts) was the 486th of his Nets career. He surpassed Deron Williams on the franchise’s all-time 3-pointers made list.

Prince also had 10 rebounds, logging his fifth double-double of the season in the process. He only had five double-doubles between his last two seasons combined.

David Nwaba had another strong offensive showing off the bench. He scored 10 on 4 of 8 shooting (2-for-4 from three).

DeAndre Jordan led the Nets with 13 rebounds. Rodions Kurucs saw a surge in minutes (17:57) and finished with seven rebounds.

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