AIR CANADA CENTRE

TIPOFF: Sunday, 6 p.m.

TV: TSN

RADIO: Sportsnet 590 The FAN

PROBABLE STARTERS

Detroit: Reggie Jackson, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Marcus Morris, Jon Leuer, Andre Drummond.

Toronto: Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, DeMarre Carroll, Pascal Siakam, Jonas Valanciunas.

KEY MATCHUP

Drummond vs. Valanciunas

As close to a matchup of old school centres as you’ll get, a couple of big men who prefer to operate close to the basket going at it. The key may be which of the two picks up a quick second foul first.

NEED TO KNOW

Detroit fell to 25-29 by losing to the Spurs on Friday night and has a precarious hold on eighth place in the Eastern Conference . . . The Raptors continue to list forward Patrick Patterson as questionable with a left knee contusion. He has missed 13 of the team’s last 22 games and Toronto is 7-6 without him . . . The Raptors beat the Pistons in the season opener and they have won four straight at the Air Canada Centre . . . Detroit ranks 24th in points per game, averaging 101.5 per game.

UP NEXT

Tuesday, at Chicago, 8 p.m.

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