It adds to the importance of Jones Jr., whose length and athleticism has made him an underrated but useful defensive cog and rim-attacking play-finisher throughout the season, albeit in a modest rotation role.
"I think he's looking at our team, and having Javonte out, Zach out, if he was to be out again tonight, we're playing a lot of different guys in a lot of different situations," said head coach Billy Donovan."His feeling probably was — he's a great team guy — how can I come in there and contribute and jump in there and get in the fight and do what I can do to help. I just appreciate him being willing to do that.
There will be an adjustment period for Jones Jr., no doubt. His 23 minutes against the Thunder were relatively quiet; he tallied just three points, two rebounds and fouled out with 30.6 seconds to play after closing out most of the stretch run."Personally, I love to compete, and me being out since January 12 has been eating me alive on the inside," Jones Jr. said."I was just waiting for this pain to die down a little bit so I could hop back out there.
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