Raptors’ Lowry: 1st-half exit was to ‘decompress’

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CLEVELAND — Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry said he went into the locker room late in the first half of Thursday night’s 108-89 Game 2 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers because he needed to “decompress.”

Lowry, a two-time All-Star, had five turnovers in the first half and missed all four of his 3-point shots before he left the bench with 2 1/2 minutes remaining in the second quarter to blow off some steam. The Cavs were in the midst of a 16-2 run, 12-2 of which came after Lowry’s exit.

“Just to kind of decompress, get back there, kind of relax my body and relax my mind,” Lowry said. “And knowing that we had a chance to kind of make some things [happen], I wanted to get myself going and get my teammates going and get the team going. It was nothing more than just kind of to decompress, breathe and get back out.”

Editor’s PicksRaptors need the old Kyle Lowry to have a chance

Kyle Lowry has been up and down in the playoffs. If he’s not up again soon, Thursday’s Game 2 blowout loss suggests the Raptors will be down and out.

Lowry said he had gone back to the locker room to decompress before …

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