Brandon Ingram is coming up short for the Raptors in the midrange — sound familiar?

CLEVELAND — Let’s get something out of the way: You can only answer the questions that are asked of you.After the Toronto Raptors lost Game 1, a reporter asked Brandon Ingram about his quiet second half, when he attempted just one field goal. The moment that Ingram, who was an All-Star this season, answered by saying he needed more looks to put the Raptors in a position to win, it was going to become the defining storyline for the team in between games. It wasn’t a complaint, per se, but it was a clear sign of frustration from the Raptors’ leading scorer. The Raptors, after all, traded for him in order to add punch to the team’s dreary half-court offence. In the playoffs, those storylines don’t evaporate without the extra data that arrives with another game.Advertisement