EAST LANSING — Answers and explanations did not come easy for Tom Izzo.
Michigan State led Purdue almost the entire game Friday — including 19 minutes, 55.5 seconds of the second half — by dominating defensively, shooting above a 50% clip, containing Trevion Williams early and building a 17-point lead less than a minute after halftime.
Then came Izzo’s inexplicableness.
For the final 18:46, Williams went to work inside in seemingly unstoppable fashion. For more than 12 minutes, the Spartans missed shot after shot — nine of them, from all three scoring levels.
And for the final 19.