Raptors’ testy OT loss to Pistons adds to bad blood

It has not really been a rivalry for more than a decade, but there is something special developing between the Raptors and the Detroit Pistons.

Maybe it’s as simple as the Dwane Casey factor, but there’s been a level of intensity to the two games between the teams this season that suggests it might go a bit deeper than one man who’s coached them both.

It bubbled over at times in a contentious game on Sunday, when the Pistons rattled off nine straight points in overtime to beat Toronto 112-107 in front of a typically loud and pro-Raptors crowd at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.