Wild Title Game Reminders Are A Part Of Puff Johnson's Summer Of Growth

Posted Jul 22, 2022
What happened next after Puff Johnson drained a three-pointer tying the score in North Carolina's national championship game against Kansas certainly qualifies as unusual. "The ref tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Puff, take a quick look around, there’s 80,000 watching you play,’" Johnson recalled, laughing, during an interview (Video) Monday. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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