It was the perfect storm for Kyle Lowry. Facing a team that was rumoured to be interested in him, but unable to pull the trigger for a trade because of attachment to a young player. Seeing them late in the season, during a part of their schedule where they should be tuning up for a deep playoff run. Very little stakes on the other side of the ball. It could only be Kyle Lowry to take that exact set of circumstances and turn it into his best game of the season.
It was all Lowry and all Pascal Siakam for the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, as their two starters picked up the slack for a sitting Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby, leading the team to a 121-114 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.