Kyle Lowry, Miami Heat pay homage to ‘GOAT’ Lionel Messi in latest showdown vs. Chicago Bulls
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Kyle Lowry and Lionel Messi
Veteran NBA guard and 2019 NBA Champ, Kyle Lowry couldn’t play on Monday for the Miami Heat against rivals Chicago Bulls owing to a knee injury that however didn’t stop the Miami point guard for expressing his love for Lionel Messi and paying homage to the Argentine national after the 35-year-old won the FIFA world-cup for his country ending a 36-year wait.
On Sunday, Lionel Messi won the World Cup following a dramatic victory over Kylian Mbappe and a tenacious France team. It was only fitting that Messi won the championship in his final participation in the illustrious competition because this was the lone prize still lacking from his collection. Few, if any, will now have the audacity to contest Messi’s GOAT designation.
Kyle Lowry appears to concur. The Heat guard made sure to wear Argentina’s flag loud and proud on Tuesday night, demonstrating his obvious devotion to the football legend. Lowry has missed the last two basketball games due to injury. The 36-year-old has missed three straight fights due to a persistent injury to his left knee, missing Tuesday’s match against Chicago Bulls. Knee discomfort has been formally diagnosed, which doesn’t sound too serious.
The six-time All-Star should return to the court as soon as possible, possibly in time for Miami Heat’s Friday night game against the Indiana Pacers.
Chicago Bulls beat a Kyle Lowry-less Miami Heat on Monday
DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points and Nikola Vucevic scored 29 as the Chicago Bulls defeated the Miami Heat 113-103 to snap a four-game losing streak.
Despite Bam Adebayo stepping up and scoring 27 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, the Heat, who had won their previous four games, were destroyed in the third quarter even though they were missing Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, and Caleb Martin.
The Heat dropped to a 16-16 record as the Bulls (12-18) launched on a 30-7 surge in the third and never looked like losing again.
The 36-year-old Kyle Lowry is in his second season with the Heat and his 17th overall in the NBA. In 28 games this season, he has averaged 14.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.5 blocks. Lowry hasn’t converted more than 40.1% of his field goal tries thus far, which is his lowest percentage since the 2012–13 season, when he played as a Toronto Raptor for the first time.
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