UCLA Basketball: Why is the Bruins’ offense inconsistent?

The 2017-18 season has seen a lot of zone defense from Pac-12 teams, and the Bruins have wildly different results against it.

Going into halftime against Oregon State, the UCLA basketball team had only managed to score 26 points against the Beavers. Yet, had no problem putting up 96 points against Washington State and over 100 against Cal. What’s led to the offense’s inconsistency?

“Live by the three, die by the three”

“Live by the three, die by the three” is a cliche used by commentators to describe the perceived up-and-down nature of jump shooting teams. Normally jump shots might be hard for defenses to contest, but they’re also harder shots to make. If you’re having a bad shooting night,…