The Toronto Raptors couldn\u2019t handle the banged-up Phoenix Suns on Sunday, partly because Brandon Ingram had one of those brutal outings.<\/p>\n
Ingram is averaging 21.6 points on a 47.2% shooting in the 2025-26 NBA season, but he coughed up just 6 points on a 3\/10 shooting in 27 minutes in Toronto\u2019s 120-98 loss to the Suns at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Ariz.<\/p>\n
The former Duke Blue Devils star also turned the ball over five times and finished with a horrid minus-29 plus\/minus.<\/p>\n
Rather than singling out Ingram for his ugly performance, Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic assigned blame to the entire team<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a team effort, or lack of effort, but Brandon just did not look like himself,\u201d\u00a0 Rajakovic said when asked about Ingram\u2019s struggles against the Suns, who did not have\u00a0 Royce O\u2019Neale, Grayson Allen, Dillon Brooks and Mark Williams due to injuries.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a whole team. It cannot be just like one player. We win as a team, we lose as a team. We never want to point out a player. So I thought that our whole team tonight did not have enough urgency for the game and enough respect for our opponent tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n Darko on Brandon Ingram\u2019s struggles\/team\u2019s effort tonight:<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a whole team. It cannot be just one player. We win as a team, we lose as a team. We never want to point out a player.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI thought that our whole team did have enough urgency for the game, and enough respect for\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/REc0cr83LE<\/a><\/p>\n