4 contenders giving Pascal Siakam a run for the NBA's Most Improved Player award

Siakam is neck-and-neck with D'Angelo Russell, but there are at least five players who've thrown their hat in the race Pascal Siakam outscored the Houston Rockets by himself in the third quarter of Toronto's 107-95 loss to Houston on Tuesday, notching 15 of his 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field to help drag the Raptors back from down 22. Siakam's play briefly brought Toronto back from the dead before Houston lulled them back to sleep. It's a breakout he wouldn't have pulled off had he ...