Let’s start with the awesome news: Kyle Lowry, after a janky couple of months and some concerns about his back, has returned to form. Watch any couple of minutes of Raptors’ basketball with Lowry on the court and that becomes immediately apparent. With Lowry going full-tilt, Toronto always has a chance at something.
If you watched Toronto’s game against Miami on Sunday afternoon, Leo Rautins kept making this point: Lowry is fired up because he looks at this Raptors’ roster and thinks, this is it, this may be the best chance to go to the Finals as more than just a veteran tag-along.