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There are 5.5 million people in Toronto and a heck of a lot more in Ontario. We're not saying all of them are in the streets, but holy smokes are there a lot of people.
It's the first time the Raptors have been in the playoffs since 2008, and it's been even longer since they had home court advantage. There's no city in the NBA that can give their team a home-court push with literally hundreds of thousands of fans.