After the game, Fred Stabley Jr., a sports writer for the "Lansing State Journal", gave him the moniker despite the belief of Johnson's mother, a Christian, that the name was sacrilegious.
== Amaterska kariera ===== Zgodnja leta ===Earvin Johnson mlajši se je rodil očetu Earvinu starejšemu, delavcu General Motorsa, in materi Christine, šolski čistilki.