The Boston Celtics will meet the Toronto Raptors in an NBA game FREE live streaming online from Air Canada Centre at 7:00 PM ET.

While Toronto's 99-90 victory Wednesday snapped an 11-game road slide at Boston, it more importantly left the Raptors (40-31) 2 1/2 games up on second-place Brooklyn in the Atlantic Division and one win away from clinching their first postseason berth since 2008.

Averaging a career-high 22.7 points, DeMar DeRozan understands what a return trip to the postseason would mean to the team and its fans.

"Not just the franchise, the whole city of Toronto and Canada," said DeRozan, who has totaled 54 points in the last two home games.

"I've been here five years and see how passionate the fans are. It definitely means a lot," he added. "We feed off them, the energy they bring every single night. That would be great for the city and we have to take advantage of the opportunity."

Toronto will also secure a postseason spot if New York loses in Phoenix on Friday.

Though the playoff-clinching moment appears inevitable, the Raptors won't coast while keeping their sights set on a division title and the third seed in the Eastern Conference.

Toronto dropped four of six before leading by as many 15 on Wednesday then holding off the Celtics (23-48), who got within three with 1:49 left.

Lowry has scored at least 20 points in eight straight games and is averaging 22.5 in the last 11. He went 8 of 17 from the field and hauled in nine rebounds Wednesday.

He's totaled 41 points with 16 rebounds in the last two at Boston. Lowry had 11 and three boards but posted eight assists in a 93-87 home victory over the Celtics on Oct. 30.

Toronto has won two straight and four of five at home against Boston, which has allowed an average of 104.9 points and 50.2 percent shooting during its current eight-game road slide. The Celtics, who dropped 10 straight on the road earlier this season, are 8-26 away from home.

Rondo had 15 assists with nine points in 31 minutes despite needing nine stitches to fix a cut on his forehead suffered during the third quarter Wednesday.

A stiff neck limited Green to six points in 20 minutes.

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