Siakam's 39 points were a career-playoff high as the veteran forward has been a steady presence on the court and in the locker room.

Less than three weeks later, the Pacers acquired fellow forward Pascal Siakam from Toronto for a return that included three first-round picks. Siakam gave the ascendant Pacers an established scorer with championship pedigree, having served as the second option on the 2019 Raptors team that won the NBA Finals.

Pascal Siakam had another stellar game for the Indiana Pacers as they took a 3–1 series lead over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night in the Eastern Conference finals. While Tyrese Haliburton put up a game we might have never seen before in NBA postseason history,