INDIANAPOLIS — The Toronto Raptors badly needed this 101-85 Game 3 win Thursday over the Indiana Pacers. Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan needed it even more.
"Kyle, your three-ball really hasn't been going yet," a Toronto reporter said, framing a pregame question, only to be interrupted by a laugh-sighing Lowry.
"You don't have to tell me that," Lowry replied. "I'm 1-of-12. I know that."
Moments later, Lowry was lamenting, even as he said so confidently, "We just want DeMar to get going in general…on the road or at home. We just want him to get going. I'm sure he will."
He certainly did, going off for 21 points on 7-of-19 shooting. It wasn't efficient (another 0-of-2 from three), but it was an aggressive attacking performance.
After winning their last two games to take a 2-1 series lead, the Raptors may have averted an identity crisis not seen before since Lowry arrived in 2012 to join DeRozan, drafted in 2009.
What They Are
DeRozan has been the team's leading scorer for the past four seasons, while Lowry has been its top setup man, steals gene ...
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DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry Finally Step Up to Carry Toronto Raptors
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