If a one-game sample size wasn’t enough to convince you that Lauri Markkanen has broken out of his shooting slump, a second strong performance should have done the trick.
After shooting 4 of 7 from 3 against the Colorado Buffaloes to open the Pac-12 Tournament — snapping an 0 for 11 3-point streak — Markkanen shot 4 of 10 from distance against the UCLA Bruins as he finished with 29 points, his highest-scoring outing since Jan. 21 when he dropped 30 points on ASU.
Understandably, Arizona Wildcats head coach Sean Miller raved about the 7-footer after his team’s 86-75 win over the Bruins, which put them into the Pac-12 Tournament championship game.