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Raptors focused on playoffs, not playoff seed

TORONTO -- With nine games remaining on their regular-season schedule, the Toronto Raptors still have a mathematical chance to land not just the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, but the top overall seed in this year's postseason.

It's a worthwhile goal -- one most teams would strive for. But Raptors coach Nick Nurse isn't making it a priority.

"We're going to play this out," Nurse said before Friday's loss to the Thunder put Toronto three games back of the top spot in the East. "We're trying to win each night. [But] where we end up seeded, we end up seeded.