Raptors’ Ingram Delivers Game-Winner; Powell Shines for Nets; Sixers Suffer Blowout; Chisholm Talks Celtics Takeover
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TORONTO — Brandon Ingram justified the three-year, $120 million extension he signed after joining the Raptors in February by knocking down a pull-up jumper over Pascal Siakam with 0.4 seconds left on Wednesday night, sealing a 97-95 victory over Indiana. The forward finished with 26 points and eight rebounds, extending Toronto’s winning streak to nine games and giving the club 13 wins in its last 14 outings. “That’s why I’m here,” Ingram said postgame.
BROOKLYN — First-round pick Drake Powell looks the most NBA-ready among the Nets’ five 2025 draft selections, head coach Jordi Fernández said after Monday’s 113-104 loss to the Knicks. The former North Carolina wing posted 15 points and four assists in 24 minutes. Fernández praised Powell’s defensive potential, adding, “I’m going to keep challenging him to be better.”
PHILADELPHIA — A rash of injuries has the 76ers resembling last season’s depleted roster, and the strain showed Tuesday in a 132-91 defeat to Orlando — the club’s worst loss of the year. “We got spanked,” guard Tyrese Maxey said. “There are two or three games every year where everything goes wrong. Tonight was one of them.”
BOSTON — Bill Chisholm, who led a group that paid a record $6.1 billion for the Celtics in July, recalled outbidding a contingent reportedly fronted by Philadelphia Phillies minority owner Stan Middleman by less than $100 million. The private-equity executive, who grew up a Celtics fan, told The Athletic, “I want to say it’s like a dream come true, but I didn’t even know to dream this.”
Source: Hoops Rumors
