Washington slammed down a beautiful lob from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, waking up the Rupp Arena crowd and his teammates, who had allowed Mississippi State to tie the game with mental errors and lackadaisical play. Don’t get me wrong; Kentucky’s issues didn’t go away after PJ’s dunk — in fact, he made a dumb turnover himself a few minutes later — but there’s no denying that his play inspired the best effort we saw from the team all night. Without it, Kentucky would have lost and dropped three in a row for the first time since Billy Gillispie was coach, a horrible scenario I’m really grateful not to be writing about tonight.
PJ Washington channeled Julius Randle tonight
