Miami Heat: Should Duncan Robinson get the call when Max Strus struggles?

Miami Heat:  Duncan Robinson can help if Max Strus isn’t hitting shots

Scoring 12 points in total in his 15 and a half minutes of action, Robinson would shoot 4-8 from the floor and 3-6 from the field.

Key to all of that, eight of his 12 points would all come in the final stretch of the game, late in the third and early into the fourth—before he would sit and never see another minute of action. Now, while that doesn’t sound like a ton, it would be hard for anybody not named Jimmy Butler to get a good look down the stretch.

And as mentioned, he was on the floor for almost as few minutes as Robinson was in the fourth. Most importantly and to the grand point here, Strus only finished with six points and shot 0-8 from range on the night.

In instances like these, where Strus is struggling, Robinson is going, and especially when the team’s offense isn’t working as fluidly as it could, Duncan Robinson should get the nod. Again, of four games, Strus has had two good ones.

It sounds like a split to me and while it’s that way, so should the time between him and Duncan—especially if he’s struggling.