Some “passionate” Raptor fans have taken to pinning Toronto’s Game 1 loss on Kyle Lowry‘s pointless performance, describing it as “typical”. They aren’t wrong — Kyle Lowry has struggled in Game ones and his scoreless effort certainly didn’t help. However, the Raptors had many issues beyond Lowry on Saturday evening.
Lowry’s showing in the series opener left a lot to be desired from a shooting standpoint, but give credit where it’s due — No. 7 rarely allows struggles in certain areas to bleed into other facets of his game.
One example: the inability to make shots has no impact on Lowry’s appetite to take a charge in a key moment, something he proved several times in Saturday’s loss.