DeRozan scores 31, Lowry has triple double in Raptors’ rout of Nets
TORONTO — One rebound away from his 11 triple double, Dwane Casey wasn’t going to give Kyle Lowry all night to get it.
It took Lowry just a minute and 38 seconds into the fourth quarter before he snatched the rebound off a Norm Powell miss, and then he headed to the bench triumphant, his triple double — 10 points, 12 assists, and 10 boards — the highlight of the Raptors 120-87 rout of Brooklyn on Friday.
“I told him in the timeout he had two minutes,” Casey said afterward. “I don’t believe in messing with the game, but I owe it to one of my veterans if they have something like that to get done, I owe it to them to do it without getting hurt but he had two minutes to do it.
“If he hadn’t gotten it in two minutes, he wasn’t going to. I don’t want to do anything to mess with the game or try to disrespect Brooklyn.”