If the Toronto Raptors are going to get their season back on track against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night, it will have to be without All-Star guard Kyle Lowry.
The Raptors have listed Lowry as OUT versus the Kings due to personal reasons.
The Raptors are listing Kyle Lowry as OUT (personal reasons) for tonight's game in Sacramento.
- Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) January 8, 2021
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According to Sportsnet's Steven Loung, Lowry is expected to return to action on Sunday against the Golden State Warriors.
This is Lowry's first missed contest of the season, averaging 19.4 points, 7.4 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals while shooting 43.4% from the field and 35.7% from beyond the arc over the team's seven games.
The Raptors have used the same starting lineup - Lowry, Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam and Aron Baynes - in all seven games so far and will have to find a replacement for their trusty floor general.
With the luxury of VanVleet's flexibility to play point guard, that allows head coach Nick Nurse to consider all options to replace Lowry in the starting lineup.
In the past, Nurse has typically slid Norman Powell into the starting five, but Powell's struggles to start the season could lead Nurse to look in a different direction. Although Powell is likely still the front-runner to take that starting spot, other resereve guards like Terence Davis or Matt Thomas could receive consideration with an off-chance that rookie guard Malachi Flynn gets a chance to fill the void.
Toronto will take on Sacramento at 10 p.m. Eastern Time on TSN.
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