{"id":329377,"date":"2026-05-05T04:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=329377"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:57:11","slug":"raptors-reflect-on-season-return-to-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/raptors-reflect-on-season-return-to-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors reflect on season, return to playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>TORONTO \u2013 Scottie Barnes posed an issue before answering together with his thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuccessful? I don\u2019t learn about successful, however it was a very good season for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Raptors\u2019 two-time all-star and face of the franchise was considered one of several players who spoke throughout the team\u2019s end-of-season availability Monday. The team was ousted in the primary round of the NBA playoffs after a 114-102 Game 7 loss to the Cavaliers in Cleveland on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes, who thought the team could\u2019ve gone further, did acknowledge the positives from the season which saw the Raptors return to the post-season for the primary time since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like we went on the market each game and we just got higher,\u201d he said. \u201cCame upon more about ourselves after every single game and we worked really hard. \u2026 Didn\u2019t leave nothing on the table. It felt like a solid season.\u201d<\/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>Toronto was without start line guard Immanuel Quickley for the playoffs. All-star Brandon Ingram left Game 5 with an injury and missed the ultimate two games.<\/p>\n<p>Ingram said the heel injury flared up in March but he stuck through it because the team was within the thick of a race to the playoffs. 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because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Quickley strained his right hamstring within the regular-season finale April 12 and re-aggravated it while working his way back. When asked if he could\u2019ve played within the second round had Toronto advanced, he said \u201cit was somewhat bit more serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quickley added that \u201cit\u2019s somewhat early to say without delay,\u201d as as to whether he\u2019ll have a full off-season of coaching attributable to the injury. The 26-year-old averaged 16.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and a career-high 5.9 assists in 70 regular-season games.<\/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>The Raptors made a 16-win jump within the regular season, ending 46-36 to secure the fifth seed within the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, all the time the top goal is to win a championship but I feel from where we were last yr till now has been an enormous, huge jump,\u201d Canadian guard RJ Barrett said. \u201cSo it\u2019s successful in that, but additionally because I feel which you could type of see just the work that\u2019s put in and where we are able to go in the longer term. I feel the longer term may be very vivid for us and it\u2019s only the start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barrett was considered one of a handful of players who shined within the post-season for Toronto. He paced the team with averages of 24.1 points and seven.0 rebounds while shooting 47.7 per cent from the sphere and 38.6 per cent from three-point range.<\/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<p>\u201c(I) think this was my most effective season to date, so just growing in that way, knowing tips on how to achieve success with less,\u201d the Mississauga, Ont., native said. \u201cYou bought a man like Brandon Ingram into the combination attempting to play off of him and Scottie and Quick\u2019s point guard so he has the ball lots. Just trying to seek out where I slot in on each side of the basketball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d \u2026 I feel it\u2019s a luxury that I even have, it\u2019s the luxurious that we now have on this team to give you the chance to type of play positionless.\u201d<\/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>Rookie Collin Murray-Boyles proved to be a helpful core piece, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Second-year guards Jamal Shead and Ja\u2019Kobe Walter also shone in big spots with the team being undermanned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel they did an incredible job,\u201d centre Jakob Poeltl said. \u201cWe could have easily, you recognize, just type of gave up within the series. We didn\u2019t have Quick, we didn\u2019t have BI for loads of the series. Even when he was playing, like he was all the time like combating his health somewhat bit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d \u2026 Just about all of them is like their first playoff experiences on the market. And for them to step up in that manner is actually impressive. Just going on the market and playing our brand of basketball, not hiding from anything or anyone, just going out, they\u2019re being aggressive. It was good to see, it fills me with confidence for the longer term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 4, 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>TORONTO \u2013 Scottie Barnes posed an issue before answering together with his thoughts. \u201cSuccessful? 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