Raptors point guard Immanuel Quickley misses 2nd straight playoff game due to right hamstring strain

CLEVELAND (AP) — Immanuel Quickley remained out of the Toronto Raptors‘ lineup for Game 2 of their Eastern Conference first-round sequence towards the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night time.

The point guard was dominated out by coach Darko Rajakovic throughout his pregame availability, marking the second straight game Quickley has missed since he strained his right hamstring within the April 12 regular-season finale towards the Brooklyn Nets.

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Rajakovic stated Quickley participated within the Monday morning shootaround. The five-year veteran additionally missed eight video games from March 23 to April 5 due to plantar fasciitis in his right foot.

Quickley averaged 16.4 factors, a career-high 5.9 assists and 4.0 rebounds in 70 video games. He has scored no less than 20 factors in 20 video games and recorded eight double-doubles.

Jamal Shead is predicted to begin once more in Quickley’s place. Shead, who’s in his second season, scored 17 factors in Saturday’s 126-113 losstogether with 5 3-pointers.

Shead began 12 video games in the course of the common season, averaging 6.6 factors and 5.4 assists per game.

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