Five key aspects of Oklahoma City’s 119-100 trouncing of the Toronto Raptors at the Air Canada Centre on Monday night:
Lowry’s elbow flares up
Kyle Lowry remains Toronto’s heart and soul and on-court leader, but a sore right elbow is limiting his effectiveness. He had fluid drained from the elbow Tuesday night after the game to ease the discomfort and range-limiting swelling.
“I’m not going make any excuses but it’s definitely something I don’t want to play with and I don’t like playing with it, but it is what it is,” Lowry said.
“We tried to do the rest and were precautionary in Boston and it didn’t work.