All season, the Toronto Raptors did this. All season guys got hurt, and the championship DNA of this organization played out on the floor. Night after night, game after game, the Raptors gave you what they had. Sunday night in Orlando was just another night in one of the most rewarding seasons a team could have.
But it wasn’t just another game, because it’s August and the Raptors are playing playoff pandemic basketball, and Kyle Lowry spraining an ankle throws the whole thing into question. Late in the first quarter of Toronto’s Game 4 win over the Brooklyn Nets, Lowry was dribbling downcourt like he does 10,000 times per year.