Film Session: Louisville
Later in the first half, Johnson gets a high ball screen way out near the timeline from Jeremiah April. Mathiang hangs way back from the action:
Which allows him to keep step with Johnson as he drives to the hole. Stanford Robinson’s man stays home on him, as the scouting report says he’s not one of Indiana’s deadly outside threats. Collin Hartman is setting a down screen for Nick Zeisloft on the left wing and there’s nowhere to pass it over there either:
With no passing options, Johnson simply keeps going to the hole, but Mathiang swats the ball before it even gets to the bottom of the backboard:
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Filed to: Louisville Cardinals, Robert Johnson