The Raptors recognized that too, doing things like filling the digital frames outside the visitors’ locker room with iconic pictures of Lowry as a Raptor. The 76ers made him available to the media on both days of the back-to-back, giving the media ample time to get their questions in.

76ers head coach Nick Nurse had no choice but to call over 20-year veteran Kyle Lowry with 1:57 remaining in Monday’s game against the Raptors. An overwhelming echo of, “We want Lowry!” rang through Scotiabank Arena, and the fan favorite was welcomed to a standing ovation as he took off his warm-ups and subbed into the game.

It was a brief cameo at the end of a blowout win, but it meant everything to Philadelphia 76ers guard Kyle Lowry.

Making his likely final return to Toronto (barring a playoff matchup), Lowry received a warm welcome fit for a hero when his 76ers visited for a game against the Raptors.

Kyle Lowry’s emotional return to Scotiabank Arena as a Philadelphia 76er may have been his final appearance in the building where he became the defining figure of Raptors basketball.

The Sixers' 2-1 road trip came with sentimental — and spicy — emotions. Lowry's sendoff and Embiid's liftoff were the highlight of the week.

Former Raptor Kyle Lowry sported an Auston Matthews-signed sweater going into the arena ahead of the first half of a back-to-back in Toronto. Lowry, who won an NBA Championship with the Raptors in 2019, has known Matthews ever since the Maple Leafs' forward was drafted into the NHL in 2016.