In normal times, the Raptors would have woken up in Chicago at some reasonable point on Monday morning, taken a quick flight over to Detroit, then had a relaxing afternoon and evening with nothing really to do.
They would have been as rested as possible to face the Pistons on Wednesday night, and the grind of the NBA season would have been lessened for at least one road trip. But these are not normal times — not anywhere close — and the realities of life foisted upon them change everything.
Instead, after losing to the Bulls on Sunday night, they got a flight back to Tampa, would have arrived in their homes some time in the early morning hours — likely around 3 a.