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Playoff fever not only bug biting Raptors

P.J. Tucker heads home with illness, with DeMar DeRozan and coach Dwane Casey also feeling it on eve of playoff opener vs. Bucks at Air Canada Centre.

DeMar DeRozan and the Raptors enter the NBA playoffs with a balanced and, they hope, healthy roster after a flu bug that's played havoc in recent days.

The part of Masai Ujiri’s brain that’s always looking forward to future Raptors rosters — the part that’s always worried about young players being groomed for down the road — is taking a break for the next couple of months.

There is only one thing that matters, and it is an immediate demand.