LAHAINA, Hawaii – This felt like the tropical elixir Michigan State needed after as hard a day on the islands can be for a basketball team.
Far fewer turnovers and foul problems. Sound defense and rebounding. Sharing the ball and running in transition. A personal paradise for coach Tom Izzo and a 28-point lead for his Spartans with 16 1/2 minutes to play against Georgia in the Maui Invitational.
But the tectonic plates of college basketball can shift swiftly and at any moment. And they moved in seismic fashion over the next 12 minutes.
Anthony Edwards turned into an offensive tsunami, impossible to stop with an endless wave of 3-pointers flying from his hands through the net.