The Miami Heat’s first home preseason game began like a homecoming party for Josh Richardson.
He inserted himself into the first few plays, seemingly untouched by the lingering thigh contusion that kept him out of the first three games. Though he only managed five points, the sense of familiarity with which Richardson returned, made the arrival one fit for a soldier, returning home from his call to action.
“I was really just trying to get the feel back and get my legs back under me,” Richardson said in Miami’s locker room after the game.