When Arizona beat UCLA on Jan. 21 in Los Angeles, UA coach Sean Miller said the Wildcats had their best “overall flow” to their offense all year. But since then, the Wildcats have had a balance issue that has kept them plateauing: While Trier has played increasingly well, Markkanen’s shooting has stalled from the outside even as he’s produced more inside baskets.
The Wildcats can only hope their two top scorers can sync up during the postseason.
“Lauri has played some excellent basketball,” Miller said earlier this week. “Just watching him against ASU, he played a really good game but his strength that everybody saw from Day 1 here has temporarily left him. He hasn’t shot the ball particularly well over the last month but if you think about that it coincides in some way with Allonzo returning. I don’t think believe that’s why he’s in a slump, but we haven’t really seen our team offensively hitting on all cylinders, hitting with the offensive firepower that I think we have. We’re working to bring that out. (With both of them on) that’s the best you’re going to see with Arizona.”
