Before heading to Auburn this week, LSU coach Will Wade told reporters that when his team gave up open 3-pointers, it was usually by design.
Part of the LSU's defensive surge in recent weeks has been because Wade has effectively taken out the other team's best offensive option and forced the other players on the floor to beat them. Sometimes that meant giving up open 3-pointer to other players. But Wade understood there was an issue with Auburn's lineup.
"The problem is there's nobody at Auburn who we can give up an open three to," Wade said on Thursday.