After a disappointing loss to DeMar DeRozan and the Spurs, the Raptors are on the upswing yet again. They won both games of an important back-to-back last weekend against Milwaukee and Indiana, getting their starting point guard back to put some zip back into a dragging offence.
Kyle Lowry’s impact in his return Sunday vs. Indiana was basically instantaneous. Like most of the games he’s played without Kawhi Leonard, the Raptors’ modus operandi was to move the basketball. Thirty assists on 44 made buckets was exhilarating to watch after an extended stretch without Lowry, where the team relied more on Kawhi Leonard’s improvisation to get buckets.