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The Toronto Raptors play the final game of their five-game road trip against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday at the Intuit Dome. They have gone 2-2 during that span and come into the game coming off a 143-127 win over the Utah Jazz.

Meanwhile, the Clippers are looking to improve from the .500 mark (36-36) and come into this game looking to complete a hat trick of wins. Last time out they emerged 129-96 winners, with Kawhi Leonard returning with 28 points and five rebounds. However, he is a suspect in this matter.

On the other hand, Raptors are also shorthanded and have many potential absences. Among them is none other than Brandon Ingram, who is listed as questionable on the official injury report due to inflammation in the heel of his right foot, a problem that kept him out of the win against the Jazz.

Brandon Ingram’s injury status vs. Clippers

Given that Brandon Ingram’s injury report is questionable, his availability for this late-night contest in Los Angeles remains uncertain. Ingram played against the Phoenix Suns, but had a bad night, scoring only six points in 27 minutes, while getting four rebounds and three blocks on 3-10 shooting. Toronto lost that game 120–98.

They enter this matchup at 40-31, which is good for 5th place in the East. The Raptors scored 143 points in their last game, while also recording a franchise-record 49 assists, showing they are capable of hurting defenses even without Ingram.

However, four of their starters finished with over 20 points, led by RJ Barrett, who returned with 27, while Scotty Barnes had a double-double of 20 points and 10 assists. Additionally, Ingram is averaging 21.6 points per game and if he misses his second consecutive game, Toronto will need players like Barrett and Barnes to take over offensive responsibilities.

Barrett has scored more than 20 points in 10 of his last 15 games, while Barnes is averaging 18.6 points per game for the season. This matchup presents a contrast in styles, with Toronto relying heavily on ball movement and assist-driven offense (third in the NBA at 29.1 assists per game), while Los Angeles relies on shot efficiency and halfcourt scoring.

Regardless, the Clippers have won six of their last eight games in the Intuit Dome, while averaging 127.3 points over that span. They also remain an efficient offensive unit, ranking among the league leaders in both field goal percentage (48.5%) and three-point shooting (36.5%), while also leading the NBA in free-throw percentage (82.6%).

LA also won the first meeting between the two sides this season, 121–117 in overtime. Still, Leonard is averaging 28.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists this campaign and L.A.’s ability to make that run may also depend on whether their best player plays.

Raptors injury report

Brandon Ingram – Questionable (right foot, heel swelling).

Emmanuel Quickley – doubtful (right foot; plantar fasciitis)

Jakob Poeltl – doubtful (back; injury management)

Chucky Hepburn – Out (G League Two-Way)

AJ Lawson – Out (G League Two-Way)

Elijah Martin – Out (G League Two-Way)

shear injury report

Kawhi Leonard – Questionable (left ankle; sprain)

Jordan Miller – questionable (back; soreness)

Bradley Beal – out (left hip; fracture)

Yannick Konan Niederhauser – out (rupture of right Lisfranc ligament)

Toronto Raptors forward Brandon Ingram was scratched in the final minutes of their game against the Utah Jazz on Monday due to heel swelling. But even without him, the Raptors claimed an easy 143-127 victory at the Delta Center.

Ingram was originally part of the starting lineup against the Jazz, but moments before tip-off, he was replaced by Jacoby Walter. The Raptors later announced that Ingram would miss the game.

Following their win, their fourth in six games, Toronto coach Darko Rajakovic was optimistic Ingram’s condition, as shown in video posted by Raptors reporter Omar Osman.

“It’s not really a big concern here. It’s just flared up. It’s something we’ll look at and see how he feels tomorrow. But I don’t think it’s going to be anything (serious),” Rajakovic said.

Darko isn’t too concerned about Brandon Ingram’s heel pain. https://t.co/PdsDilNS8M pic.twitter.com/gfD0a8GQX4

– Omer Osman (@OmerOsman200) 24 March 2026

The Raptors are struggling to cement their place in the playoffs, and they cannot afford to lose the 28-year-old Ingram, who has a long injury history.

With the win over Utah, they improved to 40–31, good for fifth place in the Eastern Conference. Toronto has missed the playoffs for three consecutive years.

RJ Barrett stepped up in Ingram’s absence and scored a team-best 27 points on 10 of 15 shooting, including 4 of 5 from long range.

Sandro Mamukelashvili also had a solid performance with 23 points, four rebounds and five steals, while Walter and Scotty Barnes also reached the 20-point mark.

The Raptors were impressive with their accuracy, shooting 61% from the field, including 20 of 37 from Rainbow Country. They are ahead by 35 points.

He returns to action on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Toronto Raptors are stumbling right when they need to make a run. After Wednesday night’s disappointing 122-111 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, All-Star forward Brandon Ingram had nothing to say about the current state of the team.

Returning to the city where he spent six seasons, Ingram made a valiant effort, finishing with 22 points, six rebounds and five assists. He even reached a major milestone during the competition, surpassing 11,000 career points. However, their individual success couldn’t hide the collective struggles of a Raptors team that has now lost six of its last eight games.

“We’re going through a little tough time,” Ingram admitted after the game. “But I think it’s going to bring us even more together. We’ve just got to figure it out. Figure out what’s best for us offensively and defensively, and just play a little harder.”

Brandon Ingram weighed in on whether the team is matching the urgency/intensity needed at this point in the season, where the standings are constantly changing:

“We’re going through a little rough time. But I think this will bring us even more together. We just have to figure out… https://t.co/a3oWc4HE3d pic.twitter.com/5SevdZ3MXS

– Omer Osman (@OmerOsman200) 12 March 2026

The “rough patch” in the crowded Eastern Conference is proving costly. This latest loss dropped Toronto from the fifth seed to seventh, leaving them half a game behind both the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat. Despite Immanuel Quickley’s 25 points and a stellar performance from Scotty Barnes, the Raptors couldn’t stop New Orleans’ duo of Trey Murphy III and Dejounte Murray.

Murphy caught fire from deep, scoring 28 points on 5-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc, while Murray spoiled Ingram’s homecoming by adding 27 points. The Raptors struggled with efficiency, shooting just 31.8 percent from downtown compared to the Pelicans’ blazing 48.3 percent.

Toronto briefly cut an 18-point deficit to just two early in the fourth quarter, but a lack of defensive urgency resulted in the Pelicans taking an 8–0 lead. For a team with championship aspirations, the margin for error is officially gone. If Ingram and the Raptors don’t figure it out soon, they could find themselves fighting to stay out of the play-in tournament.

The Dallas Mavericks and Toronto Raptors face each other for an interesting showdown north of the border at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Sunday.

The Mavericks are looking to snap a six-game losing streak, while the Raptors are aiming to avoid losing their third consecutive game.

This will be the second and last time the Mavericks and Raptors face off in the 2025-26 NBA regular season, and possibly for the remainder of the campaign.

Meanwhile, the statuses of Cooper Flagg and Brandon Ingram have also been revealed for their respective teams.

“The Mavericks have upgraded Cooper Flagg and made him available for today’s game in Toronto. Brandon Ingram (illness) has also been made available to the Raptors,” NBA insider Marc Stein reported via a social media post on Twitter yesterday, an hour before the contest began.

Through his first 51 games in his NBA career, the former Duke Blue Devils star Flagg has averaged 20.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists while shooting 47.3 percent from the field and 29.4 percent from behind the arc.

Another former Duke basketball star, Ingram entered the Mavericks game with season averages of 21.9 points, 5.7 boards and 3.8 assists, while making 47.2 percent of his attempts from the field and 37.3 percent from 3-point field through 60 games.

In the first meeting between the Mavericks and Raptors this season, the Flag and Company topped the visiting Raptors on October 26, 139–129, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Flagg had 22 points on 8-for-14 shooting in that game, while Ingram also had 22 points on 10-for-16 shooting.