Louisville Basketball: 5 Extremely Encouraging Takeaways vs. Clemson

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Jan 19, 2017; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals forward Jaylen Johnson (10) scrambles for a loose ball with Clemson Tigers guard Marcquise Reed (2) during the first half at KFC Yum! Center. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Jaylen Johnson Had His Best Performance In Weeks

Rick Pitino decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and put Jaylen Johnson back into the starting lineup and it definitely paid off. You’d think I would be smart enough not to question the Hall-of-Fame head coach, but he knows his players a lot better than I do.

Jaylen Johnson finally showed the toughness and grit that we were waiting to see from him this season. He showed some of that early, but it’s hard to take any performance seriously against teams like Long Beach State or Evansville.

With that being said, Jaylen Johnson did end up getting tossed from the game after getting in a verbal “altercation” late in the second half. It was pretty dumb to do something like that against a team like Clemson and especially in a game where you’re winning by 20.

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However, I’ll take an aggressive Jaylen Johnson over a passive Johnson any day of the week.

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