What we saw on Monday from the UCLA basketball team was nothing new. The Bruins jumped out to a sizeable lead over a lesser opponent (or any opponent for that matter) and in the second half of the game, let up on the gas, promoting the team on the other side of the court to orchestrate a furious comeback, only to have UCLA start playing some proper basketball, once again, in the last five minutes of the game.
The tendency to do this fades as the season goes on, but it is one of the many things head coach Steve Alford has not yet figured out.