Joe Johnson wound up on the winning side of a matchup featuring a pair of former Razorbacks on Thursday in The Basketball Tournament, a $1 million winner-take-all event in Columbus, Ohio.
Johnson, playing for four-time tournament champion Overseas Elite, scored 13 points on 6 of 9 shooting and finished with five rebounds and four assists in his team’s 76-70 Round of 16 win over Armored Athlete, which was led by Coty Clarke.
“I thought it was great,” Johnson said after the win. “I enjoyed it, man. It was good to get out of the (hotel) room and finally get a chance to get out on the court with these guys.