Siakam's double-double leads Raptors past Thunder for 6th straight home win

Pascal Siakam's double-double powered the Raptors past the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder 128-111 on Thursday night as Toronto earned back-to-back wins.

Siakam led the Raptors (34-36) with 25 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists as six Toronto players reached double digits in scoring.

Jakob Poeltl also had a double-double with 16 points and 12 boards to help the Raptors outrebound the Thunder 58-39.

Fred VanVleet scored 19 points and dished out five assists while O.G. Anunoby had 17 points.

Guard Jalen Williams added 15 points while Montreal's Luguentz Dort scored 10 points with eight rebounds.

It was the second straight game that a Canadian star visited Toronto after Jamal Murray of Kitchener, Ont., and his Denver Nuggets lost to the Raptors 125-110 on Tuesday.

Toronto head coach Nick Nurse, who also coaches Canada's men's senior basketball team, said it's good for the growth of the sport in this country to have so many homegrown players coming through the city to play the Raptors.

"I just really think it has to motivate the younger kids a lot," said Nurse. "Gives them somebody to look up to. Those kids are out there wearing those guys' jerseys."

Poeltl brought the crowd of 19,800 at Scotiabank Arena to their feet with a one-handed jam with 3:19 left in the half. Anunoby followed that up with a steal on the next Thunder possession, passing to Poeltl for a layup as Toronto built a 64-59 lead by the intermission

Back-to-back three-pointers by Tre Mann and Isaiah Joe brought the Thunder to within four, but the Raptors answered back with a 13-foot jump shot from Gary Trent Jr. and a Chris Boucher dunk to maintain their lead. Heading into the fourth Toronto led 93-87.

Oklahoma City couldn't muster much of a comeback in the