Raptors' Brandon Ingram leaves playoff game vs. Cavaliers with right heel inflammation
Raptors' Brandon Ingram leaves playoff game vs. Cavaliers with right heel inflammation
Thu, April 30, 2026 at 1:02 AM UTC
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Fans react after Toronto Raptors forward Brandon Ingram, front, made a 3-point basket in the final minutes of the first half of Game 4 in a first-round NBA basketball playoffs series against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Toronto, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) ()
CLEVELAND (AP) — Toronto's Brandon Ingram was sidelined with right heel inflammation during the first half of Game 5 of the Raptors' first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.
Ingram has been dealing with the 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.
Ingram was 0 for 2 from the field and had one point, one rebound and two assists in 11 minutes.
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The All-Star forward was averaging 14.8 points in the series and was coming off a 23-point effort in the Raptors' Game 4 victory on Sunday.
Ingram averaged 21.5 points while playing a career-high 77 games during the regular season.
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