SALT LAKE CITY—As if a six-game, 13-day road swing wasn’t gruelling enough on its own, the Raptors had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at them with injuries and illness in the mix.
As excited as the team was to get back to Toronto on Friday night, coach Dwane Casey believes they will look back on this early test — they finished 3-3 — as a formative part of the season.
“It’s a tough trip,” he said after Friday night’s 109-100 win over the Jazz. “I think this trip will be good to us, for us, in the long run, some of the experiences and situations it’s put us in.