Now that we’ve had what seems like a week to digest it, let’s dispense with the bizarro-world nonsense about Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry putting in a “terrific” performance in a Game 1 loss to the Magic. “Me not scoring any points doesn’t mean I didn’t affect the game,” Lowry said. If your point guard, who also happens to be one of your two all-stars, is as passive as Lowry was in Game 1, you’ve got a problem. A point guard on an alleged championship contender has to give his team more than Lowry gave the Raptors in Game 1. “(As point guard) you’re still the head of the snake, so the health of your team, and its spirit, has a disproportionate weight and responsibility on your shoulders,” the hall-of-fame point guard said.

Source: thestar April 15, 2019 23:03 UTC