Ankle injury puts all-star point guard’s availability in doubt. Cory Joseph and Delon Wright on call.
He saw one of his best friends and his most vital teammate writhing in pain on the Quicken Loans Arena floor, clutching his ankle with the Toronto Raptors’ playoff aspirations arguably on the line, and DeMar DeRozan had one immediate thought.
“Couldn’t get no worse.”
Well, maybe it could.
Kyle Lowry, who sprained an ankle seconds into the third quarter of Toronto’s eventual 125-103 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of their NBA playoff series on Wednesday night, spent Thursday afternoon having a deeper examination of the injury and coach Dwane Casey said Lowry is “questionable” for Friday’s Game 3 at the Air Canada Centre.