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Stanley Johnson's game benefits from D-League tune-up

Walker, Mich. — It seemed almost to be a trip in the Wayback Machine.

Stanley Johnson got the ball on the wing, with one defender in front of him. He took a couple dribbles straight toward the rim, unrelenting.

The defender back-pedaled and Johnson put down a powerful, one-handed dunk.

Highlight-reel stuff.

It was almost a flashback to last season, when he was a rookie with the Pistons, or even the previous year, when he was a standout as a freshman at Arizona.

Except it was in front of a much smaller crowd, 3,116, at the DeltaPlex Arena and in a Grand Rapids Drive jersey.