Detroit — Dwane Casey didn’t care what time of year it is. He didn’t care that his Pistons were facing a LeBron-less Cavaliers team that came into Little Caesars Arena Monday with a 2-12 record. He didn’t care that it had been four days since the Pistons had stolen a game from his former team up in Toronto.
He wanted his team to show him something — consistency, maturity.
“This game means a lot to us tonight, regardless,” he said after the shoot-around Monday morning. “How do we want to validate that win against the Raptors?