{"id":433287,"date":"2026-01-26T00:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/433287\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T00:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:44:08","slug":"raptors-murray-boyles-out-quickley-walter-available-vs-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/433287\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors’ Murray-Boyles out; Quickley, Walter available vs. Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Raptors<\/a> will be down their rookie stopper against the NBA’s best team.<\/p>\n

However, guards Ja’Kobe Walter (hip) and Immanuel Quickley<\/a> (ankle), who were listed as questionable earlier Sunday, were made available for the showdown.<\/p>\n

Sunday will be the fourth straight game that Murray-Boyles has missed.<\/p>\n

Murray-Boyles was injured in last Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers when he jammed his thumb on Luka Doncic’s hip.<\/p>\n

Quickley, 26, missed two games earlier in January due to back spasms.<\/p>\n

However, in four games since, he’s made over half of his three-point attempts, including a 40-point masterpiece in a win over the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n

For the season, Quickley is averaging 17 points, 6.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game over 44 contests.<\/p>\n

Jakob Poeltl, who remains out due to back issues, returned to Toronto to receive “targeted pain relief treatment,” the team said.<\/p>\n

There is no timeline on his return to action, per the Raptors.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old centre has played just seven minutes since Dec. 15 as he’s managed a back injury which has plagued him throughout the season. <\/p>\n

In 21 games, he is averaging 9.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per contest.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, guard Aaron Wiggins was listed as questionable for the Thunder, who will be without Jalen Williams, Ajay Mitchell, Alex Caruso, Isaiah Hartenstein, Thomas Sorber and Nikola Topic.<\/p>\n

The Thunder lead the NBA with a 37-9 record, though they are coming off a double-OT loss to the Indiana Pacers in a Finals rematch on Friday. The Raptors (28-19) sit fourth in the East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Raptors will be down their rookie stopper against the NBA’s best team. However, guards Ja’Kobe Walter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-433287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}