Monday night’s return to action wasn’t exactly stellar for the Heat’s Tyler Johnson.
He missed his first five shots before finally hitting a layup with 6:42 to play in the fourth quarter and finished with only three points and a rebound in 19 minutes. But it wasn’t his shoulder – that caused him to miss five straight games – that was bothering him.
“My wind was probably the biggest thing that I struggled with,” Johnson said Monday after practice. “You can’t really simulate game situations. You can do your conditioning on the court, but it’s nothing like the pace you got in the NBA.