Toronto clobbered Brooklyn 150-122 to wrap up the series, but Lowry's status is unknown after he went down with an ankle injury
Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam, center, scores a basket against the Brooklyn Nets defense during the first half of Game 4 of their NBA first-round playoff series, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.The Toronto Raptors completed their first playoff sweep in club history on Sunday and earned an Eastern Conference semi-final matchup with the Boston Celtics. But they also watched Kyle Lowry hobble off the floor hurt.
“It will be good to get everybody a couple of days off their feet to re-energize and find out what’s happening with our leader Kyle,” Nurse said. “Well, I won’t be very comfortable without Kyle out there, I’ll say that,” said Nurse when asked how he would feel if Lowry is out for a while. “Somebody has has gotta take shots and play defence and play tough and do the things he does and make up for it. Or we do it by committee, that’s probably a better way.”
The sweep came one day after Nurse was named NBA Coach of the Year. His high school coach Wayne Chandlee delivered the news to Nurse by a surprise video during a live interview the Raps coach was doing with the NBA on TNT. Then Lowry and VanVleet popped up beside Nurse for another surprise -- to present him with the Red Auerbach Trophy.
“I thought if I ever got a chance to become a head coach, a lot of the things that I tried in some of those back-water places I thought maybe would still work,” said Nurse.
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