Will Kyle Lowry be the reason Toronto loses Kawhi?

By now if you have not heard of the "playoff Kyle Lowry," then please allow me to educate you. Kyle Lowry is currently the starting Point Guard for the Toronto Raptors. Lowry has been in the league for 13 years now and has solidified himself as an all star level player, but only during the regular season. It seems like every time Lowry makes it to the playoffs, he forgets how to play basketball. Last night the Toronto Raptors went up against the Orlando Magic. At one point in the season the Raptors had the best record in the NBA and the Orlando Magic were out of the playoffs. Nevertheless, the Magic were able to put together enough wins to make the postseason at the 7th seed. The Raptors were seen by many as the clear favorite to win this series and rightfully so, due to their extreme length and lockdown defense ability. But after the horrific offensive performance by Kyle Lowry, who chipped in a whopping ZERO points, that may no longer be the case. Lowry scoring no points wouldn't be so bad if he was at least stopping D.J. Augustin the way D.J. Augustin was stopping him, but that was not the case as Kyle Lowry got lit up by Augustin who scored 25 points to go along with 6 assists. Not to mention Augustin hit the game winning shot. We have seen Kyle Lowry disappear in the playoffs year after year, but after the departure of Demar DeRozan and the addition of Kawhi Leonard, people were optimistic that we would see a new Kyle Lowry this post season, but Game 1 said otherwise. If Kyle Lowry does not get it together, the Raptors may find themselves out of the playoffs in the first or second round, which will almost definitely mean the departure of their franchise player, Kawhi Leonard.

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