The Toronto Raptors have managed to claw out of their funk, climbing back to the No. 3 seed in the East while they await for their All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry to return from injury. But neither Lowry nor the organization is willing to commit to a timetable for his return with only five games to go in the regular season.

“That would be my goal to be out there before the playoffs, but we'll see what happens,” Lowry told reporters, adding that the wrist still remains “a little sore.”

“Surgery just doesn't go pain-free,” Lowry added. “I just want to make sure I'm 100 percent and be ready to go when I'm ready to go.”

DeMar DeRozan and the rest of the Raptors have done the unthinkable and actually progressed quite nicely, digging out of fifth place and into third despite the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards playing consistently well through March.

The Raptors are 8-2 in their last 10, but will need their floor general if they hope to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals again this season. Lowry assured his clearance to return would be ultimately up to him and how his wrist feels.

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“It's me, Kyle Lowry, who's going to clear me,” he said. “That's who's going to clear me.”

Head coach Dwane Casey adopted the same position on the matter.

“I'm not going to get into specifics on when Kyle's coming back, what did he do today, did he use the bathroom this morning,” Casey told TSN's Josh Lewenberg.

Lowry is in the fifth of his four-to-six weeks timeline for recovery, which means he could likely take a little longer to heal. But the 6-foot guard said that whenever he does come back, he won't have to concern himself with caring for any impact on his wrist.

“If I'm gonna play, I ain't gonna worry about none of that.”