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Raptors All-Star Brandon Ingram in walking boot, downgraded to doubtful ahead of Game 7 vs. Cavaliers

By Jason OwensYahoo Sports

The Raptors won Game 6 without Ingram but are potentially facing a winner-take-all Game 7 without their leading scorer.

Toronto Raptors All-Star Brandon Ingram showed up to morning shootaround in a walking boot and was downgraded from questionable to doubtful for Sunday’s Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Ingram is now projected to miss a second consecutive game with a left heel injury that he sustained early in Game 5. Ingram, with a walking boot protecting his injured right heel, at shoot around the morning of Game 7.

pic. twitter. com/U6E8o0Y7Kt — Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) May 3, 2026 Ingram sustained the injury 11 minutes into Toronto’s Game 5 loss that gave Cleveland a 3-2 series lead.

The Raptors played without Ingram in Game 6 and held on in overtime for a win to send the series to Game 7. But now the Raptors are projected to play Sunday’s winner-take-all game without their leading scorer, leaving Toronto at a significant disadvantage. Ingram made his second career All-Star team this season, averaging 21.

5 points, 5. 6 rebounds and 3. 7 assists while shooting 47.