Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Toronto Raptors: Live Score, Highlights and Reaction

In what was a potential Eastern Conference Finals preview, Kyle Lowry rose to the occasion.

Lowry scored a career-high 43 points and sank what ended up being the game-winning jumper with 3.8 seconds left to lift the Toronto Raptors to a 99-97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Air Canada Centre on Friday night.

This certainly looked like the best performance of Lowry's career.

With the Raptors trailing 91-82 with just over four minutes left, Lowry took complete control of the game, shredding whomever was defending him for buckets, and-1s and dribble penetration to set up his teammates.

Then, after a great defensive possession by Toronto with just over 26 seconds left, Lowry milked the clock and then buried a long two-pointer right in Matthew Dellavedova's grill to cap an extraordinary effort and give the Raptors the win.

Lowry shot 15-of-20 from the floor and went 11-of-15 from the free-throw line. He also added nine assists.

DeMar DeRozan was battling flu-like symptoms all game, and a result, he finished with six points off 1-of-11 shooting, but thanks to Lowry, that didn't matter in the end.

LeBron James led the Cavaliers with 25 points and misfired on the last shot of regulation.

The Raptors shot 50.7 percent from the floor while the Cavs made 47.3 percent of their shots.

Next up for Cleveland is a road meeting with the Washington Wizards on Sunday night.

Meanwhile, Toronto will head on the road to take on the Detroit Pistons that same evening.