Kyle Lowry : ‘This is only the start for us and the Raptors organization’

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The Raptors season ended in disappointing fashion last week.

Kyle Lowry was the heart and soul of the Raptors this season, and demonstrated that in a nail biting Game 7 loss to the Nets.

He finished with 28 points, seven rebounds and three assists, and was given the ball with 6 seconds left down by 1 to drive to the basket for a chance at the game-winning shot.

It ultimately didn’t fall, and the Raptors were eliminated from the postseason by a single point.

Lowry was blocked by Future Hall of famer Paul Pierce on the last play that ended the Raptor’s season.

“I just told him, ‘Don’t worry about it,'” Raptor All Star Demar DeRozan said about Lowry’s last shot. “I can sleep at night knowing he took that shot. I can live with it, Kyle taking that shot. ‘Don’t be down on yourself,’ that’s all I was telling him. Just being there to support him. I told him without him we wouldn’t even be in this situation.”

Lowry and the Raptors expected to go further than this but that doesn’t take away from the amazing season that Kyle and the team had.

“For us, all year long it’s the same thing,” Raptor Forward Patrick Patterson said. “Our toughness, our ability to fight through criticism and all the naysayers … to put ourselves in the position to win the game no matter what the deficit is, no matter what’s going on, no matter who’s hurt, who’s injured, who’s sick. We always put ourselves in a position to win the game.”

Lowry is an unrestricted free agent this summer and the Raptors need to Re-sign him if they want to be as good as they were year.

“This is only the start for us and the Raptors organization,” Lowry said, via Josh Lewenberg of TSN.

Lowry’s Stats were very good this year. Matching up very well with guys like Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving and John Wall

Player Name Points Per Game Assist Per Game Rebounds Per Game Field Goal Percentage Player Efficiency Rating (PER) Kyle Lowry 17.9 PPG 7.4 AST 4.7 RPG 42 FG% 20.1 PER Kyrie Irving 20.8 PPG 6.1 AST 3.6 RPG 43 FG% 20.1 PER John Wall 19.1 PPG 8.7 AST 4.0 RPG 43 FG% 19.5 PER Damian Lillard 20.7 PPG 5.6 AST 3.5 RPG 42 FG% 18.6 PER

“Why would he leave?” DeRozan said. “Just my opinion. That’s how I look at it.”