The Raptors bench was up and dancing and cheering and waving for a rather nondescript basket near the end of an easy win over a bad opponent on a dreary January eve. That’s the kind of respect Kyle Lowry gets from his teammates.
Lowry finished with 11 assists and 12 points as Toronto drubbed the Atlanta Hawks 130-114 on Tuesday night, etching himself into the franchise record book again. The basket that elicited the reaction was one that made Lowry the all-time assists leader in franchise history, moving him past Jose Calderon for top spot.
Lowry now has 3,772 career assists in 533 Raptors games; Calderon left Toronto having compiled 3,770 assists in 525 games.