Watch: Lowry hits back-to-back clutch jumpers
After struggling all game, Kyle Lowry hits a big shot in the fourth quarter pic.twitter.com/EDIVyAb3vf
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Kyle Lowry exorcised a few demons late in Game 2 against the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
With his Toronto Raptors clinging to a two-point lead and under a minute to play, the struggling point guard pulled up off a Jonas Valanciunas screen and drilled a huge jumper from the top of the key to make it a two-possession game.
Moments later, after Dwyane Wade pulled the Heat back to within one with a cold-blooded 3-ball, Lowry and Valanciunas ran a high screen from nearly the exact same spot, and Lowry nailed a near-identical jumper to put the Raptors up three.
Kyle Lowry clutch pic.twitter.com/UskUBg9z2d
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The Heat tied it up with a Goran Dragic three to send things to overtime, but you could sense a weight being lifted from Lowry's shoulders, as his jumper finally came through for him in a big moment this postseason.
The Raptors went on to win in overtime, and level the second-round series at a game apiece.