Miami Heat: 3 things to watch for in Game 3 against Boston Celtics
Can Duncan Robinson keep up his hot shooting from Game 2 on Saturday?
Time and time again, forward Duncan Robinson has answered the call when asked to step up for the Heat this season. But in the playoffs, he’s had a harder time finding the bottom of the net.
It can be credited to a number of things outside of the general term “shooting slump.” For the first time in his already brief NBA career, defenses were forced to scheme for Robinson from the jump. And they were some of the league’s better defenses on top of that.
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Miami played the Indiana Pacers in the first round and Milwaukee Bucks in the second round. Ahead of the Heat’s series with the Boston Celtics, Robinson made just 39 percent of his 61 attempts from behind the arc, a far lower mark than his 44 percent in the regular season.
He didn’t start the Eastern Conference Finals well either, making just two-of-seven shots from deep. Boston’s defense too opened the series with an emphasis on guarding Robinson.
But that all changed in Game 3, with Robinson making his first three shots from deep in the first quarter alone. He finished with 18 points on six-of-12 makes from three-point land. It will be the biggest development in these playoffs for the Miami Heat if he can continue stroking it.