Kyle Lowry knows he’s a playoff performer, and the numbers back him up.

Kyle Lowry took off his sunglasses and put down three boxes of shoes. It was his birthday. He is 33, playing for the best team he’s been on in his life, less than three weeks before the playoffs begin. His ankles hurt.

“It sucks,” said the Toronto Raptors point guard Monday, long after practice. “It does suck. But I’m doing all I can to be ready for June. That’s all that matters: April, May, June. Yeah, it sucks.”