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Toronto Raptors prioritize ranking over resting as NBA playoffs near

The Raptors are prioritizing playoff seeding ahead of rest entering the final week and a half of the NBA regular season.

Shooting guard DeMar DeRozan, centre, got some respite when he rested for nearly the entire fourth quarter during the Toronto Raptors' win against the lowly Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.

INDIANAPOLIS—The end of the NBA regular season is in sight but the Toronto Raptors still have things to do and big games to play so there isn’t going to be an awful lot of rest.

The Raptors, with four games left after a date with the Indiana Pacers here Tuesday night, are in fight with the Washington Wizards for third in the Eastern Conference and will also have a say in how the bottom of the playoff seedings will shake out, giving coach Dwane Casey every reason to keep using his regulars.