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UCLA continues its survive-and-dance routine with breathless win over Colorado

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Survive and dance.

Winning every game is just about the only way UCLA can make the NCAA tournament, and the Bruins keep persevering as part of a stunning late-season push.

Their latest breathless escape made Mick Cronin joke that his internist was concerned because the coach was agitated about his team giving up too many backdoor layups.

So Dr. Benjamin Ansell could give thanks for the game’s final sequence Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA got the stop it needed to pull out a 64-60 victory over Colorado and sustain a joyride that has entered a second month.