For days now, Dwane Casey has been wanting to get some practice time for the Toronto Raptors so they can try to clean up some of the troubling defensive “slippage” he’s seen over the last couple of weeks.
It has been a particularly brutal portion of the season — 11 games in 18 days that left no time for the practice gym — but now that a bit of a respite is coming, Casey is going to get his opportunity to work his players.
And work is what they need.
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