The drives and finishes at the basket in the first quarter were vintage Kyle Lowry in a couple of tone-setting early moments. The silky smooth three-pointer late in the second quarter were part of a dominant, game-busting run.
There were issues with Lowry and his play with Raptors going into Tuesday night but the veteran point guard answered the criticism with arguably his best game of the year.
Still searching for an absolute comfort zone in the team’s tweaked offensive philosophy, Lowry took matters into his own hands with a 17-point, six-assist night in a harder-than-it should-have-been 119-114 victory over the Chicago Bulls at the Air Canada Centre.