{"id":703755,"date":"2026-04-07T17:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/703755\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:37:41","slug":"raptors-host-heat-on-tsn-looking-to-stave-off-play-in-tournament-during-final-week-of-nba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/703755\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors host Heat on TSN, looking to stave off play-in tournament during final week of NBA season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Raptors<\/a> control their playoff fate with just four games remaining in the regular season. <\/p>\n

Currently sitting sixth in the Eastern Conference with a 43-35 record, the Raptors are just a half-game ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, Charlotte Hornets<\/a> and Orlando Magic<\/a>, who all share an identical record of 43-36 with three games remaining. <\/p>\n

Toronto will host the Miami Heat<\/a>, who are two games back with a 41-37 record, in back-to-back games at Scotiabank Arena starting Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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You can watch the game on TSN1\/3\/4, TSN.ca and the TSN App with coverage beginning at 7 p.m.<\/a> ET<\/a>\/4 p.m. <\/a>PT<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Keeping the sixth seed – or somehow catching the Atlanta Hawks<\/a> in fifth – and avoiding the play-in tournament is the Raptors\u2019 goal for the final week of the season.<\/p>\n

It won\u2019t be easy however with four teams within striking distance. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at how the Raptors, 76ers, Hornets, Magic and Heat will finish the 2025-26 season. <\/p>\n

Team (Record)Remaining ScheduleToronto Raptors (43-35)Heat, Heat, at Knicks, NetsPhiladelphia 76ers (43-36)at Rockets, at Pacers, vs. BucksCharlotte Hornets (43-36)at Celtics, Pistons, at KnicksOrland Magic (43-36)Timberwolves, at Bulls, at CelticsMiami Heat (41-37)at Raptors, at Raptors, at Wizards, Hawks<\/p>\n

The Raptors are 2-0 against the Heat this season, meaning a split against the team from South Beach over the next two games would earn Toronto the tiebreaker against Miami. <\/p>\n

Following their set against the Heat, the Raptors take on division rival New York Knicks<\/a> at Madison Square Garden on Friday, a team they\u2019ve had plenty of problems with this season, before closing the 2025-26 campaign at home against the 19-59 Brooklyn Nets<\/a><\/p>\n

The Raptors are 5-21 against top-10 teams this season, including 0-4 against the Knicks, losing each contest by 16 or more points. Toronto would play New York in the opening round if the playoffs started today.<\/p>\n

With one less game in hand, Philadelphia seemingly has an easier schedule with games against the lowly Indiana Pacers<\/a> (18-60) and Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> (31-47) still left. <\/p>\n

The Raptors and Sixers have split their four games against each other this season, but Philadelphia owns the tiebreaker thanks to having a much better divisional record (9-7 compared to Toronto\u2019s 4-11).<\/p>\n

Charlotte may find it tough to win another game this season as they\u2019ll take on the top three teams in the Eastern Conference while Orlando\u2019s most winnable game will be against the Chicago Bulls<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Raptors haven\u2019t made the playoffs since 2021-22. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Raptors control their playoff fate with just four games remaining in the regular season. Currently sitting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3770],"tags":[23475,7,58057,6,681,680,476,47315,3820],"class_list":{"0":"post-703755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-raptors","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-miami-heat-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-14","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-raptors","13":"tag-toronto","14":"tag-toronto-raptors","15":"tag-toronto-raptors-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-28","16":"tag-torontoraptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116364644187444041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}