No rust for Miami Heat's Duncan Robinson in return to court

Duncan Robinson scored 18 points, including five 3-pointers, in the Miami Heat's 104-98 scrimmage victory against the Sacramento Kings

It hardly looked like Miami Heat forward Duncan Robinson went more than four months without playing an actual basketball game.

Robinson scored 18 points, including five 3-pointers in the Heat's 104-98 scrimmage victory against the Sacramento Kings Wednesday in Orlando. It was the Heat's first game since league shutdown March 11 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

"He was relentless as you could anticipate he would be," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "When we shut everything down, he thought there would be still be a way to get into a gym and there wasn't. He was doing his own conditioning and keeping his body right until we were able to open up again ... He's an incredible worker."

Robinson is set on continuing what has been a breakout season. In just his second year, he broke the Heat's single-season record for 3-pointers.

The layoff had no effect on his shooting rhythm.

"It was a ton of fun," Robinson said. "We've been waiting for this moment for a while. As fun as it is to beat up on each in that little training camp that we're having, it's a lot more fun to play together and take it out on somebody else."

 In addition to Robinson's shooting, the Heat also showed their ball movement still flowed. Scoring depth has been their strength all season.

"I think we've been doing a great job of sharing the ball all year long," said forward Jimmy Butler, who finished with nine points. "We talk about it in practice. We work on it in practice. I just think we all want each other to be successful."

FACEBOOK: Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MiamiHeatSI

TWITTER: @ShandelRich


Published
Shandel Richardson
SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here