From JLew1050: Raptors showing championship swagger in scrimmage games. MORE:
Having spent the past seven seasons coaching the famously tenacious all-star point guard – including at this year’s all-star game, where he took three charges – Nick Nurse knows it’s a futile endeavour.
Even after a four-month layoff, Lowry hasn’t missed a beat. The 34-year-old scored 11 points on just four shot attempts and recorded four assists in 19 minutes against the Rockets. He was in mid-season form again in Toronto’s second scrimmage, a 110-104 win over Portland on Sunday, tallying 13 points, six rebounds and four assists in 23 minutes.Carmelo Anthony
Lowry and the Raptors are making those adjustments, just like everybody else, but they haven’t been fazed by their new surroundings. Despite the circumstances, and even in meaningless exhibition contests, they’re carrying themselves like champions. You could see the rust that’s built up after so much time away from the game, and from each other, when they’ve gotten their wires crossed on defence, thrown an ill-timed pass or missed a shot – or series of shots – that they would generally knock down. They’ve given Nurse and his staff plenty of teaching moments to emphasize, to be sure.
On Sunday, it was the starters that changed the game in the third quarter. Coming out of the halftime break, the Raptors set to the tone with their physicality. They were in their element as things started to get chippy, while the Trail Blazers just seemed frustrated., who was nursing a foot injury, Portland jawed with the officials, and then with the Raptors and their bench before coming undone.– the defending champs embraced the chaos.
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