{"id":474435,"date":"2026-02-14T12:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/474435\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:14:09","slug":"raptors-martin-shines-in-rising-stars-game-while-murray-boyles-sits-for-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/474435\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors’ Martin shines in Rising Stars Game while Murray-Boyles sits for final"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unexpected Toronto Raptors<\/a> rookie showed out in the NBA Rising Stars Game on Friday.<\/p>\n

Alijah Martin<\/a> made a pair of triples and finished with six points, four rebounds and three assists in a losing effort for Team Austin in the opening game of the mini-tournament.<\/p>\n

The Austin Rivers-coached squad, comprised of G League players, punched up at Team Melo, leading 32-28 as the game neared its target score of 40. But Houston Rockets sophomore Reed Sheppard splashed back-to-back threes, and San Antonio Spurs rookie Dylan Harper ultimately sealed the game with a step-back two, spoiling the attempted upset.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Raptors’ ninth-overall pick in the 2025 draft, Collin Murray-Boyles<\/a>, played only one minute and missed his lone field goal attempt, a three-point shot. <\/p>\n

Murray-Boyles, 20, missed four consecutive games in January with a left thumb sprain and also sat for the Raptors’ final game before the all-star break with the same injury. He was the only player who didn’t see the floor in the final between Team Melo and Team Vince.<\/p>\n

Martin first lifted and swished a catch-and-shoot three from the wing, and later canned a wide-open look from the corner.<\/p>\n

A national champion with the Florida Gators last year, Martin has played limited minutes with the Raptors this season, suiting up in only 13 games and averaging 2.6 points. <\/p>\n

However, he was instrumental in leading the Raptors 905, Toronto’s G League affiliate, to a record 16-0 start to the season. The 24-year-old is averaging 19.2 points and shooting 40 per cent from three across 26 total games for the 905.<\/p>\n

Team Vince, coached by Raptors legend Vince Carter, won the final 25-24 on a pair of free throws by Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unexpected Toronto Raptors rookie showed out in the NBA Rising Stars Game on Friday. Alijah Martin made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-474435","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\/474435","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=474435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}