![]() The ability to perform this mental inventory in chaos - accounting for the opponent's most lethal shooter in a three-point game inside of 24 seconds, measuring the probability that corralling the ball is even possible, calculating the risk should you fail - has long been one of Lowry's signature features. Lowry's hands take hold of the ball and, in one seamless motion, push it off to Green, who promptly returns it to Leonard, effectively securing a Toronto win. But Green is insulated from the scrum, so if the ball can find its way to him, it will be safe. Before Lowry is sure he'll be the first to it, he's already looking at teammate Danny Green, five feet to his right, because even if he's able to get to the loose ball, there's no certainty that he'll be able to control it or his momentum. Lowry's lurching for possession is no feat of dexterity - this is a fire alarm. Augustin and Ross, who have every claim on that floating ball that he does. Lowry darts into the vacuum of space, between D.J. "It kind of bounced and sat, so go make winning basketball plays." "It bounced once or twice, and I thought to get back to Terrence because he was hot," Lowry will say moments later. When the ball caroms off the front lip of the rim and lands just beyond the free throw line, Lowry still hasn't crashed the frame from where he was standing, heels just in front of the big Magic logo 40 feet from the hoop. The Raptors lead the Orlando Magic by three in Game 3 of a series tied 1-1, with 20 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. When the shot leaves Kawhi Leonard's hands, nine players on the floor stand closer to the basket than Lowry. "IF YOU'RE GOING to go get it, go get it," Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry thinks to himself, in what must be one of the NBA's more revealing internal monologues. Editor's note: This piece was originally published on May 7
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