Still, the reality is Johnson has been missing open, spot-up jumpers. The 31-year-old also is disappearing at the beginning of games.

“Every time he shoots it I think it’s going to in,” Coach Johnson said. “You can utilize him in a lot of different ways. …. We’ll figure that out. He needs to touch the ball, and when he touches it something good is going to happen.

“He’s going to be fine. We really need him to come through for us in the fourth quarter. Hopefully we’ll do a better job of getting involved earlier in games. …I don’t want him passing up shots, even if he missed three or four in a row. Take the next one.”

via Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News