Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
American mixed martial artist nicknamed "Rumble" who began fighting in Ultimate Fighting Championship in the Light Heavyweight Division in 2014. That year, he was named Comeback Fighter of the Year by Combat Press.
ProfessionMMA Fighter
Date of Birth6 March 1984
CityDublin, GA
ball constantly defend defense difficult run second starts stops taking whenever
It starts on defense for us. Whenever we're getting stops like we were in the second half, we were able to run and get things in transition. If you're constantly taking the ball out of the basket, it makes things difficult. It makes it difficult to run. As long we're able to defend we'll be fine.
picks starting
That made a big difference. They come out there, starting it up, and everyone else picks it up.
glass great half people playing
A lot of people look at the glass as half empty. It's half full. We're playing with great intensity. We've just got to keep it going.
coming games guys road shots tough
Guys couldn't make shots and we weren't able to get into a flow. We let this one get away and it's very disappointing with two tough road games coming up.
door far last playing shut stuff
All that brawl stuff and playing the Pistons, everything that went on last year, we've kind of shut the door on that as far as the organization, as far as the team, as far as individuals.
coming knew waited
I knew it was coming my way, and I just waited on it.
confidence defensive five fun helped played pressure trying
It's not much fun losing, especially five in a row. I thought we played with more confidence, and our defensive pressure helped our offense. ... We were just trying to be more aggressive.
fought game hard hitting kid needed played resilient shots win
This is what you think about as a kid in the backyard, hitting big shots to win big games. We're a resilient bunch. We played a hard fought game and got a much needed victory.
bottom ended felt good hand held left shots tonight
It felt good when it left my hands. I held up my hand and thought it was the bottom of the net. But tonight all of my shots ended up a little short.
bottom ended felt perfect threw
He threw me a perfect pass. It felt good. I thought it was bottom of the net, but it ended up short.
five hit
They hit a big 3 and we went down five and never got back in it.
crying either help home step team time
It's exciting. There's a time you either step up your play and help your team win, or you go home crying like a little baby.
board dominate string
They make you play their tempo. If you don't make shots, they can dominate you. We would put up a string of baskets and you look up at the board and you're still down by 12.
anybody expected game locker room talk time
I don't think anybody in this locker room expected to be one game under .500 at this point. I don't think anybody expected to be one game under any time this season. We can talk about it, but now it's time to just show up and play ball.