Did Dwane Casey take a shot at the Raps when asked about possibility of facing them in 1st round?

Sunday night, former Raptors head coach Dwane Casey and his new team, the Detroit Pistons, beat the Toronto Raptors for the second time this season and once again it was in thrilling fashion.

The Pistons have made the playoffs just once in the last nine seasons and Casey is on the verge of taking Detroit back to the postseason which has basically been the norm since the franchise came into existence.

For Casey, the wins against the Raptors are definitely sweeter and in article from The Athletic, he talked about what it would be like to face his former team in the playoffs.

Why would it be sweet for Dwane Casey to guide Pistons to playoffs in Year 1? 'This is a storied franchise...There are three championship trophies you see every time you walk into the building. It’s not like in Toronto, where they’ve never tasted it' https://t.co/AENkHN5pAq — Joe Vardon (@joevardon) March 4, 2019

Casey is also keenly aware that, depending on how the bracket shakes out, the Pistons and Toronto could meet in the first round of the playoffs.

“It would mean a lot,” Casey said. “This is a storied franchise in Detroit. There are three championship trophies you see every time you walk into the building. It’s not like in Toronto, where they’ve never tasted it. The fans in Detroit, they know what a championship is all about, and it’s like, let’s get this thing back on track.”

Shots fired at the Raptors? Possibly, but then again can you blame Casey if he was taking a shot at his former club?

Regardless, Casey is only focussed on his team and right now, the Pistons are one of the hottest teams in the league and sitting in 6th place in the East.

The @DetroitPistons are now one of the hottest teams in the NBA with 10 wins in the past 13 games, including beating the @Raptors on Sunday. The Pistons (31-31) are now at the .500 mark for the first time since Dec. 26 and are also now in the sixth spot in the East. — Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) March 4, 2019

(H/T: The Athletic)