RALEIGH—It is true that Puff Johnson scored a career-high 16 points on Saturday in Carolina's win over NC State.
It is also true that Johnson made as many three-pointers in Saturday's game as he had in the entire season so far.
It is furthermore true that Johnson responded perfectly after Leaky Black went down with an injury—"He hyperextended his knee," Hubert Davis told Jones Angell on the Tar Heel Sports Network after the game. "In the second half he felt like he could play but then when he warmed up he didn't feel like he was in a position to continue.