Cleveland Cavaliers @ Toronto Raptors
Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON | Game ID: 42500134
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 14 24 22 33 93CLE 17 19 22 31 89
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Barnes, Ingram score 23 points apiece as Raptors beat Cavaliers 93-89 and tie series at 2-all
TORONTO -- — Scottie Barnes hit the go-ahead free throws in the final minute and finished with 23 points, Brandon Ingram also scored 23 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 93-89 on Sunday, tying the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series at two games apiece.
The best-of-seven series shifts to Cleveland for Game 5 on Wednesday.
“Now it’s a best of three,” Cavaliers guard James Harden said.
RJ Barrett scored 18 points and Collin Murray-Boyles had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors, who won despite shooting 4 for 30 from 3-point range.
“We’re just trying to go out there and win, take it one possession at a time,” Barnes said. “That’s all we’re focussing on.”
Barnes had nine rebounds and six assists as Toronto won back-to-back postseason games for the first time since a first-round loss to Philadelphia in 2022.
“We just never, never flinched,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said. “We continued guarding and guarding.”
Donovan Mitchell scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter and Harden added 19, but the Cavaliers couldn’t overcome an 18-turnover performance.
“There’s no doubt they’ve had the physicality advantage, the energy advantage these last two games,” Cleveland coach Kenny Atkinson said of Toronto. “Usually happens with the home team, gets that bump. We’ve got to turn it back around. That’s how the playoffs go.”
Mitchell missed two shots in the final 25 seconds, including a 3-pointer that would have tied the game. He finished 6 for 24 overall and made 4 of 12 shots from deep.
“I got some open looks tonight and they just didn’t fall,” Mitchell said.
Sam Merrill scored 14 points and Jarrett Allen had 15 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who were outscored 10-2 in the final 1:54 of the fourth.
“We had an opportunity tonight to win the game,” Harden said. “We’re definitely confident about where we are.”
After Barrett’s driving shot cut the deficit to 87-86 with 49 seconds left in the fourth, Mitchell couldn’t get the ball across half court in time, giving possession to Toronto.
“I made a mistake in a crucial moment,” Mitchell said.
Barnes was fouled as he drove to the basket and made both, giving the Raptors an 88-87 lead with 34 seconds left.
With NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in attendance, both teams struggled from 3-point range. Cleveland finished 10 for 40 from deep, including 5 of 10 in the fourth.
The Raptors missed 14 consecutive 3-point attempts to open the game before Barrett connected with 8:31 left in the first half.
Ingram missed nine of his first 10 attempts but finished the half by making three straight, including a buzzer-beating 3 that gave Toronto a 38-36 lead at the intermission.
Harden had more turnovers (six) than made baskets (four) in the opening half, while Mitchell shot 3 for 15 through three quarters.
“Our defense gave us a chance,” Mitchell said. “Offensively, I wasn’t great. We weren’t hitting shots but our defense was solid. We can build on that and continue to hang our hat there and the offense will come around.”
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
TORBI B. Ingram
CM C. Murray-Boyles
JB J. Battle
JP J. Poeltl
JS J. Shead
JW J. Walter
RB R. Barrett
SB S. Barnes
SM S. Mamukelashvili
CLEDE D. Ellis
DM D. Mitchell
DS D. Schröder
DW D. Wade
EM E. Mobley
JA J. Allen
JH J. Harden
JT J. Tyson
KE K. Ellis
MS M. Strus
SM S. Merrill
TOR/CLE the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur