Former Raptors star Kyle Lowry gets huge ovation in four-quarter cameo as 76ers win in Toronto | National Sports

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

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