BOSTON – The playoffs are just a formality for the Toronto Raptors, and they could sew up their third straight post-season berth tonight.
It will send fans scurrying to see what first-round opponent provides the seemingly most enviable matchup.
It will do nothing of the sort for head coach Dwane Casey.
“I’m one of those guys that you have to take whoever comes to you,” Casey said after the team’s shootaround at the TD Garden on Wednesday.
“The basketball gods will always get you if you start saying ‘we want to play this team’ because you’ll get what you ask for.