On the day before a huge game, it felt like anything but that for the Toronto Raptors.
Having run through their first practice at the BioSteel Centre on the Exhibition Place grounds Thursday, the unmistakable smell of a brand-new gym floor floated through the air. Kyle Lowry, who usually likes his media availabilities to be short and sweet, cracked jokes and answered any and everything that was thrown his way.
He jumped in front of cameras and started answering the questions that he assumed were coming his way.
“Yes, it’s a measuring stick for us. What else y’all want?