The Detroit Pistons travel north of the border to play the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Center on Wednesday.

The Pistons (6-6) come into this matchup winning two of their last three games but that does cover up a more disturbing trend. In fact, Detroit lost five-straight games before that stretch, as that followed up a 4-0 start. These massive swings make this team hard to understand, as they look like one of the best teams in the east at times and one of the worst at other times. It's clear what the Pistons mentality is though, as they want to abuse opponents with their dominant frontcourt. Blake Griffin has been especially good, as he's leading this team with 24.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 5,0 assists per game. Those are vintage Griffin numbers and he looks poised to regain a spot on the all-star team is he continues to play like this. What's also fascinating about this matchup is that Dwayne Casey will make his return to Toronto, as he had a ton of success for the Raptors across the last decade as their head coach.

The Raptors (12-2) have catapulted themselves to the top of the standings, as the addition of Kawhi Leonard has worked wonders for this team. Not only is he playing at an MVP-level, Leonard has gelled seamlessly with this club. In fact, Toronto currently sits fourth in the NBA in scoring, with numerous role players taking huge strides this season. Players like Pascal Siakam and Serge Ibaka are having fantastic seasons and it's clear that Leonard has really opened things up for them. With all that said, Toronto is coming off their worst loss of the season, as they were beat by the New Orleans Pelicans, 126-110, on Monday. That's a club who has given a lot of teams problems this season and it does show the Raptors one major weakness, their frontcourt. Siakam, Ibaka and Jonas Valanciuas do present a solid frontcourt but it simply can't match up with the likes of Anthony Davis, who picked up a 20-20 line in that game.

Toronto swept their four-game season series over Detroit last season and has won six-straight games over them in total.