has spent his entire career wearing his emotions on his sleeve. And while during his seven years as a Raptor he’s come miles from the frustrated young point guard who could only express his feelings in anger, the steadiness Lowry’s mainly exhibited this season is a new standard.“I mean, it’s pretty crazy that it’s a team that everyone just kind of is staying the same way,” Lowry says. “We have been preaching it all year, so it kind of just became contagious.
“Like I said, we have real professionals. We have some great guys in that locker room. It all just rubs together and everyone has their own personalities, but we figure a way out to just all understand what the common goal was.” No one seems better suited to that task than Leonard who once called the 82-game regular season ‘practice’ for the playoffs and remains largely inscrutable even as he’s hitting series-defining shots as a matter of routine – his passionate response to his series-clinching walk-off shot in Game 7 against Philadelphia the exception.
“I just try to take my experiences and just keep moving forward and just have fun. Like I said, just basketball at this point. Win, lose or draw, I’m still going to be living, still got a family. This is all for fun.” Green responded by taking a swipe at James’ groin. He was assessed a flagrant foul and because he’d accumulated four during the playoffs, was automatically suspended. The Cleveland Cavaliers won Game 5 in Oakland with Green out and ended up losing the Finals after leading 3-1, an NBA first.“I realized I got to a point where I was doing more crying than playing,” he said. “I’m sure it was disgusting to watch, because I felt disgusting playing that way.