Kyle Lowry exits Game 2 vs. Cavaliers with ankle injury (Video)
By John Buhler
Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry had to briefly exit Game 2 against the Cleveland Cavaliers due to an apparent ankle injury. He would return.
The Toronto Raptors have struggled to keep pace with the sharpshooting Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the 2017 Eastern Conference Semifinals series. Raptors shooting guard DeMar DeRozan had a dreadful first half and point guard Kyle Lowry is battling through an apparent injury.
Lowry didn’t play much down the stretch for Toronto in the regular season, but has returned in the 2017 NBA Playoffs. A scary moment occurred in the third quarter involving Lowry. He would fall in the paint trying to get in position to grab a rebound on a Kevin Love jumper.
Lowry would get bumped or tangled up with Raptors small forward P.J. Tucker. It looked bad, as if Lowry wrecked his knee on the play. He would literally drag himself off the court and over the baseline to force a timeout to get medically checked out.
Lowry would spend quite a while with his face down before rolling over in obvious pain. He would eventually limp in the visiting locker room in Quicken Loans Arena before returning. Lowry would only be out for a few minutes, but he played with an obvious limp throughout the quarter.
Not long after he got back on the court, Lowry would get a technical foul for arguing with an official on a call. Winning on the road in Cleveland is incredibly tough. Toronto did take the Cavaliers to six games in the 2016 Eastern Conference Finals, but will need to win on the road to advance this season.
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Toronto has a starting backcourt that can hang with anybody, but does not have the perimeter defense to contain Cleveland’s elite three-point shooting onslaught. Game 2 could very well be another blowout loss for the Raptors.
UPDATE: The Raptors announced that Kyle Lowry will not return to the game, and the injury was also an ankle sprain.
As of now, his status for Game 3 is not known.