While the NBA revealed every team's schedule for the 2021-22 season in August, game postponements have resulted in scheduling changes throughout the league.
While we know when the Toronto Raptors will face Kyle Lowry for the first time as a member of the Miami Heat, his long-awaited return to Toronto is one of the games affected because of scheduling changes.
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The Raptors are first set to meet Lowry and the Heat on Monday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET in Miami. The Raptors will see Lowry and the Heat a second time on Jan. 29 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Three days later, Lowry will make his return to Scotiabank Arena when the Heat face the Raptors on Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. ET, two days earlier than it was originally scheduled.
On Dec. 30, the Raptors announced that all games at Scotiabank Arena will operate without any ticketed fans for at least three weeks, placing uncertainty around whether or not fans will be in attendance for Lowry's first game back in Toronto since February 2020.
The Heat acquired Lowry in a sign-and-trade with the Raptors this offseason. It marked the end of a nine-year run with the franchise, in which Lowry earned six All-Star selections and one All-NBA Third Team selection, in addition to playing a leading role in the Raptors winning the franchise's first-ever championship in 2019.
Following Toronto's title run, NBA.com's Carlan Gay voted Lowry as the greatest Raptors of all time.
Lowry penned an emotional farewell on Instagram shortly after signing with the Heat. He later talked about how emotional his return to Toronto will be while speaking with the media.
"I'm not looking forward to that first game coming back because I know there will be a tribute and I know I'm going to cry," Lowry said. "So I'm not looking forward to it."
With the NBA going back to an 82-game schedule, the Raptors and Heat will meet four times this season with the final matchup currently scheduled to take place on April 3 at 7:00 p.m. ET in Toronto.
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