{"id":593987,"date":"2026-04-10T04:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593987\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:10:13","slug":"ingram-has-season-high-38-points-as-raptors-rout-heat-toronto-closes-in-on-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593987\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingram has season-high 38 points as Raptors rout Heat; Toronto closes in on playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775794213_53_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Raptors&#8217; Brandon Ingram (3) drives as Miami Heat&#8217;s Andrew Wiggins (22) defends during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Thursday, April 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Nathan Denette<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 9, 2026 | 7:36 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Brandon Ingram scored a season-high 38 points as the Raptors rolled to a 128-114 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday as Toronto closed in on a playoff berth.<\/p>\n<p>Ingram added seven rebounds and seven assists as Toronto (45-35) won both games of a back-to-back with Miami.<\/p>\n<p>The victory put the Raptors into a tie for fifth with the idle Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference standings. A win on Friday against the New York Knicks or on Sunday versus the Brooklyn Nets will clinch Toronto\u2019s first playoff spot in four years.<\/p>\n<p>RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., added 22 points, six rebounds and three assists for the Raptors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors&#8217; Brandon Ingram (3) drives as Miami Heat&#8217;s Andrew Wiggins (22) defends during first half NBA basketball&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-593987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593987","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=593987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}