Alexander Johnson
Alexander Johnson
Alexander Canterell Johnsonis an American professional basketball player. He plays the power forward position...
smile smiles
I had to do something to get a smile on Coach's face.
anywhere five four pass trying
I'm not trying to do four or five dribbles to get where I want to go. If I can't get anywhere in two dribbles, I pass it out.
advantage block continues defend good guy hope knew shoot talented time took waited work
He's probably the most talented guy we have on the team. He can run, block shots, defend and he can shoot the ball. I just hope he doesn't get discouraged and continues to work hard. That's the same thing that Al did. He knew he was good but waited his time. And when his time came, he took advantage of it.
covering free guy knew middle missing outside ralph second smaller watching
I kind of anticipated Ralph missing the second free throw, I've been watching them go out for a while. I just faked to the middle and went outside on the guy who was covering me. He was a smaller guy, so I knew I could get my way.
It's the NIT, but I still want to play. I still want to win.
christmas waiting
It's kind of like Christmas. You'll be waiting and waiting and waiting, but you try not to think about it.
direction feels headed
It just feels like we're headed in a better direction.
coming trust work
It's going to be a challenge, but I'm coming at him regardless. He's going to make me work and -- trust me -- I'm going to make him work.
ball false games nine pressure react
The first nine or 10 games was a false sense of security. We didn't really play anybody. We'd never been down and didn't know how to react to the ball pressure and the intensity. I just think we were not prepared.
leave
If you don't win, you're going home. You have to leave it all out on the court.
fair game last won
That last game doesn't matter. We won this one fair and square.
care coach giving physical presence
I know I need to be out there giving a very physical presence inside. It hurts, especially being in Coach Ham's system. If you get two fouls, that's it. I don't care who you are.
ball looked played stay
I just played ball because I didn't want to think about that. I kind of let that stay in the past, never looked back at it.
We panicked; something we hadn't been doing lately. We just panicked, man, down the stretch.