It started appropriately enough with a pullup three from 26-feet out, the ball barely moving the mesh as it caught iron and dropped through.
Whenever Kyle Lowry’s name came up through the Raptors’ training camp, Nick Nurse would touch on the same points: He’s in incredible shape. He works hard, he battles. He’s always ready to go when the season gets here.
For the last couple of weeks, that’s all that we had on Lowry. The team’s star point guard, coming off of the best season of his 14-year career, stayed behind in Tampa last week when the team went to Charlotte for a pair of preseason games.