What drives Kyle Lowry's unexplainable basketball genius?

Editor's note: This piece was originally published on May 7

"IF YOU'RE GOING to go get it, go get it," Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry thinks to himself, in what must be one of the NBA's more revealing internal monologues. "Finish the game off."

When the shot leaves Kawhi Leonard's hands, nine players on the floor stand closer to the basket than Lowry.

The Raptors lead the Orlando Magic by three in Game 3 of a series tied 1-1, with 20 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. Leonard's shot falls short. When the ball caroms off the front lip of the rim and lands just beyond the free throw line, Lowry still hasn't crashed the frame from where he was standing, heels just in front of the big…