{"id":4755,"date":"2025-07-18T06:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/4755\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T06:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:11:07","slug":"raptors-advance-to-summer-league-semifinals-with-win-over-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/4755\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors advance to Summer League semifinals with win over Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto improved to a perfect 4-0 in Las Vegas with an 81-67 win over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, the Raptors clinched first place in the Las Vegas Summer League standings and will play in the semifinals on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sn-player-post-link\" data-player=\"7b169c92-2d4d-4218-9557-4e0ec1b43378\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/nba\/players\/collin-murray-boyles\/7b169c92-2d4d-4218-9557-4e0ec1b43378\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Collin Murray-Boyles<\/a>, Toronto&#8217;s ninth overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, led the way for the Raptors with a game-high 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting. He also added nine rebounds and was everywhere on the defensive side of the ball, recording four steals in the win.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptors&#8217; rookie wasn&#8217;t ready to talk championship just yet, however. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Man, I&#8217;m worried about winning games before I see a damn championship ring,&#8221; Murray-Boyles said in an on-court interview when asked if he&#8217;s seen the rings. &#8220;I&#8217;m focused on winning before we get to that point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Murray-Boyles wasn&#8217;t the only Raptors prospect to make an impact against the Warriors, as <a class=\"sn-player-post-link\" data-player=\"c17e25c7-1306-4301-8548-2fc129a62041\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/nba\/players\/alijah-martin\/c17e25c7-1306-4301-8548-2fc129a62041\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alijah Martin<\/a>, Toronto&#8217;s second-round pick in 2025, chipped in with 13 points and seven rebounds off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t the cleanest game offensively for the Raptors, but their relentless defence forced the Warriors into 30 turnovers, which they turned into 33 points.  <\/p>\n<p>The Raptors will take on the fourth-seeded Sacramento Kings on Saturday, with the Charlotte Hornets and Oklahoma City Thunder matching up in the other semifinal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto improved to a perfect 4-0 in Las Vegas with an 81-67 win over the Golden State Warriors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-4755","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\/4755","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=4755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}