The Toronto Raptors could be without as many as three key rotation players heading into a pivotal matchup against the Orlando Magic on Sunday.
Starting guard Immanuel Quickley (plantar fasciitis) has been ruled out for the contest, while forwards Brandon Ingram (heel inflammation) and Collin Murray-Boyles (lower-back spasms) have been listed as questionable.
The Raptors (41-32) head into the contest two games ahead of the Magic for the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, and hold just a 0.5-game lead over the Atlanta Hawks in sixth.
Quickley will miss his fourth consecutive game with the lingering foot injury, despite head coach Darko Rajakovic saying the PG will be "available" through the closing stretch of the season.
"It is at a point now that it needs to be managed," Rajakovic told reporters before the Raptors' victory on Friday. "The best and the only way to get it completely healed is like not do anything for two, three, four weeks, obviously that's not gonna be the case with IQ. ... He's gonna be available to play."
Quickley has averaged 16.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 6.0 assists through 67 appearances this season. He also leads the Raptors with his 2.6 three-point makes per game, converting triples at a 37.4 per cent clip.
Ingram was previously listed as questionable with the same heel injury heading into the Raptors' road tilt against the Los Angeles Clippers, but ultimately played. The two-time all-star leads Toronto in scoring this season, averaging 21.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists through 70 appearances. Ingram has missed just three games this season, and his nine games shy of tying his career-high in single-season appearances, set in 2016-17 as a rookie.
As for Murray-Boyles, the rookie had recently returned from a lingering thumb injury that had forced him to sit out 11 consecutive games. He had played three straight since his return against the Utah Jazz, but left Friday's contest after just 12 minutes of action due to back spasms and did not return. The 22-year-old has averaged 7.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 blocks through 50 games this season.
The Raptors have also listed forward Trayce Jackson-Davis as questionable due to knee tendinitis. The trade-deadline acquisition was a late scratch on Friday because of the same knee injury.
