The drama — such that it was — was packed into a 90-second stretch to start the fourth quarter of another otherwise uneventful night between one good NBA team and one that aspires to be.
Madly chasing the 11th triple-double of his career, Kyle Lowry began the fourth quarter on the court rather than the Toronto Raptors bench, his team comfortably drubbing the Brooklyn Nets and Lowry one rebound short of the statistical milestone.
With visions of him rolling an ankle — chasing a meaningless rebound in a game that was over — running through more than a few minds, Lowry finally grabbed a missed shot as his teammates celebrated and committed an intentional foul right away, so his night could end.