Darius Miller hit a three-pointer in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 118-90 loss to the Miami Heat last night in his first action since the 2018-19 NBA season.
Miller suffered a ruptured right Achilles in August 2019 while a member of the New Orleans Pelicans. He was traded to the Thunder in November.
"Give him a lot of credit," Thunder head coach Mark Daigneualt said. "It's hard; injuries are hard especially when you're a hooper. He's done an unbelievable job since he's been here. We put him on a plan that was similar to return to play even though he didn't have the injury [this season] just to try to get him to game shape. ... He hasn't played in a long time. There's a lot of invisible work that goes on behind the scenes for a guy that has a long-term injury. We talked about it with [Isaiah] Roby over the summer, and Darius is certainly an example of that. And there's a lot of long nights where you don't get to play. You wonder when you're going to be ready again, and when those guys get to go back on the court, it's a pretty good moment. So, we're happy for him.
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