New York center Mitchell Robinson returned from a 50-game absence due to an ankle injury and played 12 minutes in the Knicks’ 145-101 rout of the host Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.
Robinson sustained the injury on Dec. 8 and required surgery. The defensive-minded big man came off the bench to score eight points and grab two rebounds against the Raptors.
The surging Knicks (44-28) won their third straight game and seventh in their last eight.
Robinson, who turns 26 on Monday, began the night averaging 6.2 points on 59.2 percent shooting with a team-high 10.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 21 games (all starts) before the injury.
The 7-footer entered Wednesday with career averages of 8.1 points and 8.0 rebounds in 310 games (196 starts) since New York drafted him in the second round in 2018.
–Field Level Media
