TORONTO -- The atmosphere will be different, perhaps even a little strange for some of the participants, when the Detroit Pistons visit the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night.

Dwane Casey, who coached the Raptors for seven mostly successful seasons, will be returning in his new job as coach of the Pistons.

"It will be different being on that side, and I would be disingenuous to say it's not going to feel funny," Casey told the Toronto Globe and Mail from Detroit in a telephone interview. "Any human being worth his salt knows it'll be a different feeling, a funny feeling. But I think once the game starts and they throw it up, it will be one of 82. And I'm sure it's going to be the same for the players from the other side too."