“Yo! Come to Florida!” Chiozza constantly told to Robinson.

By the fall, Robinson relented.

“Everybody wants to play with a great point guard,” Robinson recalled. “So I was like: ‘You a good point guard? You going to pass me the ball? I’m with it!’"

And so began the basketball bromance that started on an amateur court, blossomed in a shared living space in Gainesville, Fla., and has carried over to Washington.

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The players are running mates again, and flashes of their chemistry showed Friday night during the Washington Wizards' preseason finale, a 140-111 win over the Guangzhou Long-Lions.

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As the Wizards rested their top players during a matchup against the Chinese Basketball Association team, sitting John Wall and Bradley Beal and playing no starter more than 12 minutes, younger players ruled the court. Chiozza played the entire fourth quarter and collected four assists. He could’ve had more, but his fast-break alley-oop lob to Robinson was spoiled by a hard foul.

The pair missed out on a highlight play, but Robinson earned two free throw attempts for his effort and finished with a team-high 23 points (9 of 11 shooting) to go with six rebounds, two blocks and two steals.

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The night also showcased rookie Troy Brown Jr., who scored 21 points, and second-year player Thomas Bryant, who contributed 12 points and seven rebounds.

The preseason has come to an end, but the past several weeks have been a Gator reunion — not only for Chiozza and Robinson, but also Bradley Beal.

“I’ve known them their whole time in college, pretty much,” said Beal, who played one season at Florida. “So it was kind of unique to be able to have three Gators in one building.”

Robinson said he and Chiozza have been close since Day 1, and their Instagram feeds tell the story of D Rob and Little Cheese.

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There’s a photo of the roommates, Robinson with his arm draped around Chiozza’s shoulder, pictured in front of their freshman dormitory.

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“We lived together. Did everything together,” Robinson said. “If you see him, you’re going to see me. If you see me, you’re going to see him.”

There’s a picture of the pair on a night out, looking as if they’ve raided each other’s closets. Chiozza came to college as more of a sweats-and-shorts kind of guy, but Robinson introduced him to ripped jeans.

“His swag is a little bit different,” Chiozza said of Robinson. “He’s more of a rock star.”

Also, there’s the captured moment of the friends at Universal’s Islands of Adventure, proudly holding the oversized plush Minions they won in a basketball game.

“They didn’t know we were basketball players,” Chiozza said. “So we kind of finessed them out of that.”

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Chiozza and Robinson enjoyed a run to the NCAA tournament regional finals as juniors. Chiozza logged starter’s minutes as a reserve that season and displayed an easy connection with Robinson. During a February 2017 matchup against Missouri when Chiozza recorded a triple-double, his 10th and final assist went to Robinson.

“He’s one of my favorite people to give assists to,” Chiozza said. “When we’re on the court together, if there’s a chance for me to throw an alley to him, I’ll throw it. He knows to be ready for it even when I’m not looking at him.”

Robinson declared for the draft after their junior season, beginning his career without his buddy point guard while trying to navigate a unique situation. The 2017-18 season was the first year of two-way contracts that allowed NBA teams to sign up to two players and designate them to spend the majority of the season in the G League. Washington signed Robinson as a two-way player, but the time, Washington did not own a G League team so Robinson had to play with affiliates operated by the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks.

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“It was tough. You know mentally, just try to stay prepared, stay ready. You just try to tell yourself that you’re not up for a reason. You have to work your way up and start from ground zero,” Robinson said. “I never had anything easy, so I had to work for everything. It made me work that much harder. Being undrafted and playing in the G League. Even though I didn’t want to be there, I knew what it was like up here with the real team. I just wanted to be up [in Washington] for good, so I just kept working every day and it’s the same thing I’m going to do this year. Just keep working and try my best.”

After his senior year, Chiozza also went undrafted but landed back on the same team with his longtime friend. When Washington invited Chiozza to play on its summer league team, his first call to someone outside of his family was to Robinson.

Now, Chiozza, a rookie with an Exhibit 10 contract, could join Robinson on the same G League roster. If Washington cuts Chiozza, then he will be invited to attend training camp with the Capital City Go-Go, the Wizards' new G League affiliate. And a new chapter of their bromance could begin.