CLEVELAND—It was time to take a breath, to decompress, to sit back and relax.
After the intensity of a Game 7, the whirlwind of the first appearance in an NBA conference final and then being smacked repeatedly in the face by the Cleveland Cavaliers, having some time to do nothing was the best way for the Toronto Raptors to get ready for tonight’s Game 2 in the best-of-seven series.
“I didn’t do anything,” Kyle Lowry said of his Wednesday. “I was at practice and in the room all day, trying to relax and get off my feet.