"What's done is done, can't dwell on the past,'' Bosh said on a season that went wrong weeks ago. "All we can do is look to what we're doing now as opposed to what we were doing earlier in the season. What we're doing now is working, it's just too little too late.

"Would I like to be there? Of course, it's the best Basketball in the world. But we're going to have to watch, I'll just have to be a student of the game, see how I can get better by watching other teams.''

Bosh poured in 31 points to go with 14 rebounds to top Toronto (30-46). Andrea Bargnani finished with 18 points, Anthony Parker had 15, Shawn Marion finished with 13 and Jose Calderon added 12.

The game was the second of back-to-back matchups between the two teams, the Raptors having topped New York 102-95 Saturday to bounce the Knicks from playoff contention.

"They were just as long a shot as we were,'' said Knicks guard Chris Duhon. "They needed a miracle, we needed a miracle, and we just ended those miracles for each other.''

"It's different, I didn't realize that,'' Bosh said on the double-elimination.

"But hey, it's the NBA, that's why I love this game.''

Many of the Raptors players hadn't realized they'd been eliminated. Nor did coach Jay Triano.

"I appreciate you letting me know,'' he said after the game. "I didn't realize today this was it. Our goal is to try and win every game and it is still going to be our goal moving forward, it is not going to change.''

Wilson Chandler scored 17 points to top the Knicks (30-47), who snapped a five-game losing skid on the road, and won for their first time in their last 10 visits to Toronto.