” Only one being is missing and everything is depopulated”. This must have been the adage that echoed in Duncan Robinson’s head in the absence of Bam Adebayo. In great difficulty in shooting in November and then in early December, when the pivot left the courts to heal his thumb, the “sniper” has managed to adjust the sights in recent days.
Wednesday, on the occasion of the overwhelming victory of the Heat against the Knicks, “Jimmy Neutron” heated the nets: 25 points at 7/11 behind the arc!
This game was the confirmation of a recent and positive trend for the former Michigan player: in the Heat’s last four games, he converted 18 of his 32 attempts from behind the arc, or 56% success. A relief for the player, who in the first 21 matches of the season had only reached 32% success.
” It’s always a reminder that we are human and that when we do a high-level activity, sometimes we don’t find the solution.” he explained at the Miami Herald. ” This is what embellishes all our efforts in the end, it gives additional satisfaction when we find the rhythm.“
Bam Adebayo, Duncan Robinson’s shield
The pivot quickly found the automatism with his shooter: in five matches since the return to business of Bam Adebayo on January 17, Duncan Robinson displays an impressive 23/45 (51%) behind the arc. But the most amazing, and symbolic of their good understanding, is that of these 23 shots, 11 came from an inside pass.
Thanks to their effective relationship on the floor, marked by the famous “handoffs”, these hand-to-hand passes which allow the winger to take his shooting positions while protecting himself from his defenders who find themselves mired in the screens of the pivot, Duncan Robinson finds colors and the Heat points at the head of the East.
Their agreement also did a lot of damage against the Knicks, who surprisingly decided to put the defenders of Duncan Robinson under the screens, but also to defend the defender of Bam Adebayo in “drop” (retreat towards his circle to prevent “drives”). A combination of bad decisions that led to a torpedoing of the Florida shooter.
” It’s impossible to quantify replied Erik Spoelstra, asked about the impact of the return of Bam Adebayo on Duncan Robinson. ” We just see that Duncan’s confidence level is climbing as Bam knows exactly how to release him to get him some open shots. And that’s all a shooter needs, pace and space. And what about the synergy between these two? They are connected Concludes the Heat coach.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Jimmy Butler | 30 | 33.3 | 48.4 | 23.6 | 88.2 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 21.4 |
| Tyler Herro | 39 | 32.9 | 43.0 | 39.0 | 87.5 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 20.7 |
| Bam Adebayo | 23 | 32.8 | 51.9 | 0.0 | 77.0 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 9.8 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 17.9 |
| Kyle Lowry | 39 | 34.2 | 41.2 | 32.7 | 84.7 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 13.4 |
| Duncan Robinson | 45 | 27.7 | 40.2 | 36.6 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 12.1 |
| Max Strus | 37 | 23.9 | 44.2 | 39.8 | 77.5 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 11.3 |
| Caleb Martin | 38 | 23.2 | 51.1 | 37.5 | 72.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 9.5 |
| Gabe Vincent | 39 | 22.8 | 43.2 | 38.1 | 78.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 8.9 |
| pj tucker | 42 | 28.2 | 50.2 | 46.9 | 70.7 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 8.4 |
| Markieff Morris | 10 | 18.7 | 45.7 | 36.4 | 100.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 7.7 |
| Dewayne Dedmon | 41 | 16.8 | 59.7 | 57.1 | 77.6 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
| Omer Yurtseven | 37 | 14.8 | 52.4 | 14.3 | 64.0 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| Kyle Guy | 10 | 13.9 | 47.9 | 41.4 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 6.2 |
| Nik Stauskas | 2 | 11.8 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| Kz Okpala | 21 | 11.6 | 43.5 | 34.6 | 72.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| Chris Silva | 7 | 9.0 | 61.5 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| Udonis Haslem | 8 | 6.5 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.0 |
| Haywood Highsmith | 4 | 10.4 | 50.0 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| Marcus Garrett | 12 | 10.7 | 23.8 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
