There’s still so much we don’t know about Tyler Johnson. After all, he’s played in only 107 NBA games counting his brief, five-game soiree in the playoffs last summer after he missed the final 35 games of the regular season following rotator cuff surgery.
But his gutsy fourth quarter performance Wednesday night when he blocked a shot at the rim and then scored the final five points of the game in a 107-102 victory over the Sacramento Kings provided further evidence the Miami Heat probably made the right decision when it matched a four-year, $50 million backloaded deal to keep from losing the 24-year-old undrafted guard to the Brooklyn Nets.