If there was any doubt regarding Kyle Lowry’s heart-and-soul status of this Raptors team, it is gone forever. At the start of the second half in Game 2 against the Cavaliers, with the Raptors skirting a blowout, Tristan Thompson threw Norman Powell into Lowry’s left leg, torquing his ankle. Lowry pounded the floor, and limped off in obvious pain. And yet, minutes later, there was Lowry, back on the court. His effort was heroic, inspiring, and everything Toronto needed.
The Raptors still lost to LeBron James and the Cavaliers, 125-103, falling to 0-2 in their Eastern Conference semifinals series.