The Toronto Raptors will rest Kyle Lowry for Saturday’s matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies, while Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby, Chris Boucher, Paul Watson Jr. and Aaron Baynes are also out.
Yuta Watanabe is available to return to action against the Grizzlies after missing Thursday’s game against the Washington Wizards with an ankle injury..
Lowry is missing his second consecutive game after sitting out Thursday’s overtime loss to the Washington Wizards — a defeat that all but extinguished Toronto’s play-in tournament hopes.
VanVleet is being held out to manage a hip injury he suffered earlier in the season.
Anunoby has missed three games with a sore left calf, Boucher hasn’t played in eight games due to a sprained MCL in his left knee, and Watson Jr. has been out for nine consecutive games because of left knee tendinitis. Watanabe missed Thursday’s game due to right ankle soreness.
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