Kyle Lowry had made a three-pointer and taken a charge and had finished an old fashioned three-point play, the kind of all-around disruptive game that has been his trademark since he arrived in Toronto seven seasons ago.
Then the fouls came and the whistles tooted and Game 2 of the NBA Finals bogged down, with Lowry reduced to spectator at the end and Toronto unable to take advantage of a wonderful opportunity to bury the Golden State Warriors.
Instead, with Lowry limited to 28 minutes by foul trouble that created some herky-jerky playing rotations and saw him foul out with just under four minutes to go, the Raptors were beaten 109-104 by the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night.