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Just over 24 hours earlier, Deivon Smith\u2019s status was murky. <\/p>\n
Head coach Rick Pitino didn\u2019t expect the point guard \u2014 the St. John\u2019s engine \u2014 to play against Seton Hall while he continued to work his way back from a bruised right shoulder. <\/p>\n
The soreness was still there. Smith hadn\u2019t been able to practice.<\/p>\n
But there he was, participating in pregame warmups as usual. <\/p>\n
There he was, checking in just over six minutes into the first half, helping St. John\u2019s push the ball up court.<\/p>\n
During the Johnnies\u2019 79-51 rout of Seton Hall on Saturday at Prudential Center, they had Smith back on the court, but he produced mixed results across his 16 minutes with an 0-for-6 line from the field and shots that didn\u2019t seem normal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t gonna play him because he said he couldn\u2019t shoot, and he said, \u2018Coach, I want to go,\u2019 \u201d Pitino said. \u201cHe said that to me. And I was surprised. The trainer and I both made a decision he wouldn\u2019t play, but I thought it\u2019d be good for him to get out there and run because he hasn\u2019t practiced and play little bit. It\u2019ll set him up for Wednesday\u2019s game.\u201d<\/p>\n
So Smith, averaging 10.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists in his first season after transferring from Utah, fought through any lingering pain and tried to get over any remaining hurdles with his injury \u2014 \u201cit\u2019s the mental part right now,\u201d Pitino said.<\/p>\n
Smith missed a jumper shortly after checking in, but he helped spark a tic-tac-toe burst in transition for a St. John\u2019s basket and lobbed an alley-oop to RJ Luis. <\/p>\n
But his shots kept bouncing off the rim \u2014 and some weren\u2019t even close to becoming made baskets \u2014 and he wore what appeared to be a heating pack and a bag of ice on his right shoulder at different points in the game.<\/p>\n
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Pitino\u2019s comments postgame suggested that St. John\u2019s, at the very least, will have Smith in the lineup again when it hosts Xavier. <\/p>\n
That will add something on the court. But Saturday also demonstrated there could still be some growing pains as he attempts to get acclimated back into the lineup, too, especially with his offensive production.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt bothers him a little bit when he shoots,\u201d Pitino said, \u201cespecially when he misses.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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