OAKLAND, CALIF.—Monday night in Toronto, Kyle Lowry had two shots at a championship. It wasn’t just his potential series winner from the corner, which was partially blocked. Two minutes before that, with Toronto up 103-100, the Raptors point guard had a wide-open three from the right wing. Lowry had delivered a marvellous fourth quarter. He’s a great shooter, and he wasn’t afraid of it; he just came up a little short. Maybe he would have won a title at the buzzer if not for Draymond Green’s fingertip. We’ll never know.
“If Draymond doesn’t get a fingertip on it and Kyle makes that three, then it’s the greatest play ever,” said Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet.