Game after game, bricked shot after bricked shot, watching the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors play basketball over the past two weeks has at times been a laborious slog. Good thing the Raptors saved their best punch for last.
Kyle Lowry scored 35 points, and DeMar DeRozan added 28 as the Raptors moved on with a 116-89 win over the Heat in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Semifinals series Sunday.
Toronto will be making its first conference finals appearance in franchise history. Founded in 1995, the Raptors had exactly one postseason series victory before these playoffs. And far too often, through 14 hard-fought playoff games, these Raptors appeared on the brink of throwing away a season that saw them win a franchise-record 56 games.
Lowry wouldn't allow it to happen.
Reviled in some circles for his shortcomings against the Indiana Pacers in the first round and early in this series, Lowry ended with a bang. He scored 96 points over the final three games against Miami, including runs in Games 5 and 7 where he single-handedly willed his team to victory.
The All-Star point guard saved his most ...
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