first-round series<\/a> against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Barnes was also poked in the eye during the first half on a play underneath the basket.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, All-Star forward Brandon Ingram didn\u2019t play the second half because of right heel inflammation. And reserve center Sandro Mamukelashvili did not play the final 12 minutes after appearing to tweak his knee on a 3-point attempt to end the third quarter.<\/p>\n
With Barnes hobbled and Ingram sidelined, the Raptors missed their first 12 shots of the fourth quarter and\u00a0fell to the Cavaliers 125-120.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, it had some effect. I couldn\u2019t play with that same pace that I was trying to play with,\u201d Barnes said about the quad injury, which occurred on a drive to the basket.<\/p>\n
Barnes \u2014 who had 17 points and 11 assists in Game 5 \u2014 is averaging 24 points and eight assists in the series. RJ Barrett is the Raptors\u2019 leading scorer in the playoffs, averaging 24.4 points.<\/p>\n
Ingram has been dealing with the heel injury for a couple of weeks. Raptors trainers tried to retape his foot during the second quarter before Ingram was ruled out for the rest of the game.<\/p>\n
Ingram was 0-for-2 from the field and had one point, one rebound and two assists in 11 minutes. He is averaging 12 points in the series and was coming off a 23-point effort in the Raptors\u2019 Game 4 victory on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Ingram averaged 21.5 points while playing a career-high 77 games during the regular season.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, we need him out on the floor. His playmaking ability and his defense and everything he brings,\u201d Barnes said.<\/p>\n
Point guard Immanuel Quickley hasn\u2019t been available during the series due to a strained right hamstring.<\/p>\n
Barnes said he would play in Game 6 Friday night as the Raptors look to stave off elimination, but Rajakovic took a more cautious view.<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow, we\u2019ll know more. It\u2019s 48 hours until the next game. I\u2019m hopeful we\u2019re going to have guys available,\u201d Rajakovic said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Raptors are hopeful Scottie Barnes (quadriceps) can heal in time for Game 6. CLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 On…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1327,12719,1329,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-26191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-brandon-ingram","9":"tag-injuries","10":"tag-scottie-barnes","11":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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