The story for Detroit going into tonight’s game against Toronto was Dwane Casey’s return. Casey, of course, led the Raptors to the Eastern Conference’s best record last season, earning himself 2018 Coach of the Year honors in the process, before being fired this past May.
The Raptors organization did a very nice video tribute to coach Casey early in the first quarter:
Then the Raptors’ roster beat the tar out of the Pistons for a half, finding themselves up 12 at halftime.
If you were only to watch the first 60 percent of this game, you would have thought it was another aimless game for Detroit, as they found themselves down by 19 points with 3:13 left to go in the third quarter.