{"id":329127,"date":"2026-05-04T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=329127"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:44:07","slug":"toronto-raptors-bounced-from-nba-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/toronto-raptors-bounced-from-nba-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors bounced from NBA playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>CLEVELAND \u2013 Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett and the remainder of the Toronto Raptors were disenchanted but proud after getting bounced from the NBA playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Jarrett Allen had a double-double with 22 points and 19 rebounds to guide the Cleveland Cavaliers past Toronto 114-102 on Sunday in Game 7 of their first-round series. Barnes led the Raptors with 24 points, nine rebounds and 6 assists as Toronto fell to 0-11 in post-season games in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes said that pushing the Cavaliers \u2014 whose US$392.4 million payroll, including luxury tax, was the best within the league this season \u2014 to Game 7 was something of a coming-out party for the young Raptors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t really get that many national television games and we\u2019re across the border, so people don\u2019t really see it,\u201d said Barnes at a post-game news conference. \u201cWe work hard, we fight. We will\u2019t really do nothing for his or her opinion, but we just understand how we&#8217;re together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to fight, we\u2019re going to work hard, we\u2019re going to scrap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers will travel to Detroit on Tuesday for Game 1 of their second-round series against the Pistons. Detroit eliminated the Orlando Magic with a 116-94 victory in Game 7 of their first-round matchup earlier Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., had 23 points, six assists and 4 rebounds. He also added three steals. 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Whenever you see the Toronto Raptors, you\u2019re going to have a dog fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a remarkably even series with the 2 teams each scoring 718 points through the primary 6 1\/2 games but a woeful third quarter was Toronto\u2019s undoing.<\/p>\n<p>The sport was tied 49-49 at intermission however the Cavaliers reeled off an 11-1 run to begin the third for his or her first lead of the sport. Cleveland outscored Toronto 38-19 within the period, taking a 19-point lead into the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Allen had a double-double within the third alone with 14 points and 10 boards. That helped Cleveland outrebound Toronto 22-8 within the period, with 14 second-chance points. The Raptors had none.<\/p>\n<p>Although Toronto outscored the Cavaliers 34-27 within the fourth it wasn\u2019t enough to erase Cleveland\u2019s sizable lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assumed we gave all the pieces we\u2019ve got today,\u201d said Toronto head coach Darko Rajakovic, who also congratulated the Cavaliers. \u201cWe were fighting for each possession. We were fighting for all the pieces on the ground. We made it really hard for them. That was not a straightforward game for them to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were close. We had our opportunities, the probabilities, and there&#8217;s going to be numerous stuff to reflect on and to enhance on going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Sports<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Shead and Walter weren\u2019t the one players within the Raptors\u2019 youth movement that impressed within the series.<\/p>\n<p>Rookie centre Collin Murray-Boyles finished Sunday\u2019s loss with eight points, 4 rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block. He averaged 14.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game in his first-ever playoff series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to say none of this really surprised me, but I\u2019m just proud that folks got to see that and just how hard (Shead, Walter and Murray-Boyles) work,\u201d said Barnes, who is simply 24 years old. \u201cThe time that they put in, all that arduous work, everybody seen it, so pleased with these guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey fought to the tip. That is an incredible lesson for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most pre-season predictions by media outlets had Toronto winning fewer than 40 games and vying for a play-in spot. As an alternative, the Raptors earned a 46-36 regular-season record and the Eastern Conference\u2019s fifth seed.<\/p>\n<p>Many prognosticators also predicted Toronto could be eliminated by the highly touted Cavaliers in six or fewer games. As an alternative, the Raptors pushed Cleveland\u2019s high-priced roster to the brink.<\/p>\n<p>Rajakovic called Toronto\u2019s season \u201can absolute success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really, really pleased with all the pieces that we were in a position to accomplish this 12 months,\u201d said Rajakovic. \u201cFrom developing our young guys, from our culture making the following step, from all of the things that we were controlling, all of the work that we put in, all of the connectivity that we had, and all of that resulted with the variety of wins that we had.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMaking it to the primary round of the playoffs, playing Game 7 over here on the road, I feel this was exactly what this team needed, and I feel that is going to set us up for numerous success in the longer term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND \u2013 Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett and the remainder of the Toronto Raptors were disenchanted but proud after getting bounced from the NBA playoffs. 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