Raptors Share Injury Report vs Heat As Final Trip Nears

The Toronto Raptors have listed Gary Trent Jr. and Bruce Brown as questionable to play the Miami Heat on Friday

Mar 3, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. (33) is embraced by / Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports

The Toronto Raptors aren't throwing in the towel quite yet.

RJ Barrett and Kelly Olynyk will both return to the court Friday night as the Raptors play their penultimate game of the season against the Miami Heat. Both players had been given the night off on the second night of a back-to-back on Wednesday but will be ready to go in Miami.

Only Gary Trent Jr. and Bruce Brown are listed as questionable for Toronto. Brown is battling right knee inflamation that kept him sidelined on Wednesday while Trent has been dealing with back spasms.

It sounds like Scottie Barnes could probably make a return at some point this week, but Toronto has opted to play it extra cautious with the third-year forward to ensure that he's healthy heading into the summer. Both he and Jakob Poeltl should be at full strength following the season but will be out through the end of the season.

Chris Boucher, DJ Carton, and Jontay Porter all remain out as well.

Miami will have an almost fully healthy team with Duncan Robinson and Josh Richardson the lone injured players for the Heat.

The Heat sit a game back of the Philadelphia 76ers for the eighth seed in the East and two games back of the Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic for the fifth and sixth seeds in the conference.

Toronto, meanwhile, needs to lose at least one more game to clinch the sixth-worst record in the NBA. If the Raptors can do that Friday, there's a reasonable chance that Sunday's game will be meaningless for both Toronto and Miami.