Yes, technically the Raptors still have to play the Magic on Sunday, the Pistons on Monday, and the playoff-bound Heat on Wednesday. For all intents and purposes though, this is the last game that could be called “big.” It’s Toronto versus the Pacers, in a battle of two Eastern Conference teams who still have something to prove. In the Raptors case, that their recent swoon was just an aberration; and for the Pacers, that they belong at all.
If the Raptors win tonight, they will clinch the number one seed in the conference, and set a new franchise-record in home wins and overall wins — the big one — with 57.