The Toronto Raptors find themselves in a tough battle with the Milwaukee Bucks, down 0-1 to The Greek Freak and company. The Raptors are in the unenviable position of needing to win Game 2 Wednesday night to avoid going into Milwaukee in a 0-2 hole in the middle of the series. That's why the Bucks need to watch out for Kyle Lowry turning things around for Toronto.Lowry may be considered the 1B to DeMar DeRozan's 1A role, but the veteran point guard is arguably more important to the Raptors' success. To say Lowry struggled in Game 1 - he scored just four points on 2-of-11 shooting - would be a massive understatement.That's why there's no way he follows up that performance by laying another dinosaur egg in Toronto. Lowry is one of the most underrated point guards in the NBA, and he's enjoyed a career-best season with the Raptors. He has some serious playoff demons to slay, though. Lowry is at the top of a list he'd much rather not be on, as Ben Golliver of Sports Illustrated pointed out on Twitter:

Yes, Kyle has the worst shooting percentage of any active player that's attempted at least 500 shots in the postseason. That's actually a very surprising stat, and one that the Raptors need him to start digging out of if they want to advance to the next round.

The problem won't be an easy one for Lowry to solve, though. The Bucks have incredible size on defense that has become a problem for the six-foot-tall guard. Even if he navigates around Malcolm Brogdon, any number of gigantic young Bucks players are waiting for him once he turns the corner.

A good starting point will have to be making the Bucks respect his shooting. Lowry missed all six of his three-point attempts in Game 1, and the Raptors didn't do much better as a team. They made just five of their 23 attempts from deep. 

Lowry has to make those shots, and he absolutely should. He enjoyed his best year from beyond the arc this season, attempting a career-high attempts from downtown (7.8 per game) while shooting a career-best percentage (41.2%). 

It was actually his first season of shooting over 40 percent from outside. There's no way he gets blanked out from deep for a second-straight game. 

Lowry's best game against the Bucks was a 32-point thrashing in January, and the Raptors won three of their four regular season meetings against Milwaukee. Their lone loss was one of the games Kyle missed while nursing a wrist injury. 

Even crazier, the four points Lowry scored made for his lowest total of the year. His second-lowest was a six-point outing on the road against the San Antonio Spurs. That was in the final game of a six-game road trip across the West Coast. 

All of the trends of the season point to Lowry turning around his dismal Game 1 performance in order to give the Raptors a fighting chance against the plucky Bucks. Their 14-point loss to open the series ended with a disastrous fourth quarter that is fresh on everyone's mind.

Toronto scored just 13 points in the final frame and 32 points total in the second half. Those kinds of things seem more like outliers than what we should expect, but Game 2 is going to reveal a lot about the Raptors. 

It should also tell us a lot about the Bucks. Should they have another stifling defensive performance and take a 2-0 lead while on the road, teams in the Eastern Conference will have to be put on notice. It's crazy to think the Bucks are doing this sans Jabari Parker. 

The Raptors shouldn't and won't go out without a fight, though, and one of the Eastern Conference's top teams over the past several seasons has plenty of experience under their belts.

They made it to the Eastern Conference Finals last playoffs after winning two seven-game series. DeRozan will have to pick his game up as well. He led the team in scoring with 27 points, but on an inefficient 7-of-21 shooting performance. The team, as a whole, has to play better. 

If DeRozan and Lowry can get into a groove early in the game that should bode well for Toronto. Letting the Bucks feel empowered by their defensive prowess would only build on the momentum they have after a statement Game 1. 

This series looks like it'll be a competitive one, and the middle of the Eastern Conference looks as muddled as ever. Watch out for Lowry getting the Raptors in the win column in Game 2, which Toronto so desperately needs.