Lowry Leaves Game 4 with Foot Injury
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry was forced to leave Sunday night's Game 4 against the Brooklyn Nets with an injury to his left ankle, according to the Raptors
The 34-year-old Lowry started the game 1-for-3 with two points and three assists before stepping on Chris Chiozza's foot and twisting his foot late in the first quarter. Lowry stayed down briefly before returning to play with a noticeable limp.
"He said he was fine and then he went out there and had to move a little quicker and realized he wasn’t fine," Nurse said. "A lot of times [with] those injuries you get a shot of pain when they happen and then it subsides. I think he was hoping it was going to subside, and it did not.”
He immediately took an intentional foul and quickly hobbled off the court at the 2:48 minute mark of the first quarter before being ruled out for the game.
After the game, Nurse said he didn't want to speculate but did provide some information including that Lowry will undergo an MRI on his foot.
"I would imagine this: It’s going to be a helluva injury to keep him off the floor. It’s not going to be a little thing; he’s going to try to figure it out," Nurse said. "He played, I don’t know how many, 14 or 16 straight playoff games last year with a totally messed up left thumb, running through the Finals last years. It’s gonna take something pretty serious to keep him out."
Lowry came into the game averaging 16 with nearly nine rebounds and five assists through three games.
With Sunday's victory, the Raptors will now have three days off before tipping off Round 2 against the Boston Celtics. Though it's too early to speculate on Lowry's status, the prospect of missing him for any time in the series would be very costly.
"It would hurt us a lot," Nurse said. "All I can say is, you guys know how big a cog he is to this whole thing. He’s our most experienced, toughest leader we got."
