Raptors vs. Celtics Game Thread: Updates, TV info, and more

It seems certain now that the Raptors will finish second place in the Eastern Conference. I don’t love announcing this, believe me, but I also have a way of leavening the news. As it happens, tonight’s contest in Toronto features the visiting Boston Celtics, a team that can only dream about second place. This is a sentiment I can get behind.

Oh the Celtics have good players, don’t get me wrong. And in Kyrie Irving, they have one of the best players in the league, a guy who can and has given the Raptors fits this season. They’ve got a bunch of youngsters with potential, a stout All-Star centre, and a handful of useful role-players and veterans. (They’ve also got whatever Gordon Hayward is now…