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Raptors playbook rules out coasting into NBA post-season

Kyle Lowry’s workload in return from wrist injury might have been a bit heavy, but don’t expect starters to rest in final stretch before playoffs open.

Raptors all-star Kyle Lowry — passing between Pistons Tobias Harris and Reggie Bullock — returned from a wrist injury and played more than 40 minutes on Wednesday night.

The decision was made months ago and long before there were injuries to recover from, or new players to integrate into the lineup.

Kyle Lowry and Dwane Casey were thinking ahead while looking back and came to realize that waltzing into the NBA playoffs is not the greatest of ideas, that playing and playing hard until the bitter end best suits this collection of Toronto Raptors.