TL;DR
- Toronto Raptors face Cleveland Cavaliers with significant injury list.
- Five Raptors players are out, including Ochai Agbaji and Jonathan Mogbo.
- Two Raptors players, Sandro Mamukelashvili and Collin Murray-Boyles, are questionable.
- Cleveland Cavaliers will have Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley playing and well-rested.
The Toronto Raptors got the Cleveland Cavaliers on the worse of two nights.
On Wednesday, when the Cavs took on the Miami Heat, they rested both Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley.
However, on Thursday, when Cleveland faces Toronto, both Mitchell and Mobley will be playing and will also be well-rested.
With most of their key players healthy, the Raptors still face a significant injury list as they prepare to play the 8-4 Cavs.
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Toronto Raptors injury report
The Raptors have five players listed as out for Thursday night along with two questionable.
The five confirmed absences are:
- Ochai Agbaji (lower back spasms)
- Chucky Hepburn (G League two-way)
- A.J. Lawson (G League two-way)
- Alijah Martin (G League two-way)
- Jonathan Mogbo (G League on assignment)
Agbaji stands out as the sole recent addition to that lineup, while Mogbo, possessing a promising future in Toronto, is currently regaining his peak performance.
The two players listed as questionable as of 1:30 p.m. ET:
- Sandro Mamukelashvili (Neck contusion, stiffness)
- Collin Murray-Boyles (Illness)
Mamukelashvili has been better than anyone would've hoped since coming to Toronto.
CMB has been solid so far in his rookie season.
The Raptors would face a significant challenge if they were missing these players, given the Cavaliers' formidable frontcourt, spearheaded by Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.
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