There will be a day, 15 years or so from now, when the citizens of Raptorland have occasion to look back on Kyle Lowry’s performance in Sunday’s glorious Game 7 at a confetti-strewn Air Canada Centre.
The details will have faded into the haze of boozy revelry and faulty memory. Lowry’s 35 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in a 116-89 victory — nobody but the super obsessives will remember those particulars. But nobody in Raptorland will ever forget the overriding takeaway of a groundbreaking performance by the best player on Toronto’s best NBA team. On the occasion of the biggest game in franchise history, Lowry seized the only moment that truly mattered.