{"id":636027,"date":"2026-04-29T08:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/636027\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:40:09","slug":"scottie-barnes-fuels-raptors-heading-into-game-5-against-cavaliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/636027\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Barnes fuels Raptors heading into Game 5 against Cavaliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777452009_126_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes celebrates winning after the end of second half NBA playoff basketball action against Cleveland Cavaliers in Toronto on Sunday, April 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Frank Gunn<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 29, 2026 | 2:00 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>CLEVELAND \u2014 The Toronto Raptors look to build on a two-game push when they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Raptors forward Scottie Barnes has set the tone, averaging a series-best 25.8 points per game while taking on defensive assignments against Cavaliers stars Donovan Mitchell and James Harden.<\/p>\n<p>He is the first player in franchise history to have four straight 20-point games to start a series.<\/p>\n<p>The best-of-seven NBA playoff series is tied 2-2 after Toronto followed two road losses with back-to-back wins at Scotiabank Arena, including a 93-89 win Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes celebrates winning after the end of second half NBA playoff basketball action against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-636027","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\/636027","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=636027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}