The Raptors need to beat the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday to have a chance at a first-round matchup against the league-best Milwaukee Bucks
After a season defined by mediocrity, the Toronto Raptors will face the Chicago Bulls in the NBA play-in tournament on Wednesday and look to take one step closer to punching their ticket to the playoffs.
Toronto finished last in the Atlantic Division, led by the Boston Celtics at 57-25. Under the NBA’s new play-in structure, first introduced in 2021, the Raptors have a chance of fighting their way to a first-round matchup against the league-best Milwaukee Bucks.will face the Bulls at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday at Scotiabank Arena. The Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks are also playing each other on the other side of the Eastern Conference play-in bracket.
In essence, the Heat and Hawks have to win one of their two games to book a ticket to the playoffs. The Raptors will have to win two in a row.Great at home – but not so much on the road The NBA expanded to a 16-team playoff structure in 1983-84. Since then, the No. 8 seed has beaten the No. 1 seed only five times in 72 series. That’s a little less than 7 per cent of the time – or an average of once every seven to eight years.
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