LAS VEGAS —
For UCLA to go on an improbable run in the Pac-12 tournament, coach Mick Cronin said, the Bruins would need their best players to carry them.
That’s hard when your top defender and the player you run your offense through barely plays.
Mired in foul trouble for practically the entire game Thursday afternoon, Adem Bona played just 17 minutes and the Bruins looked beaten in falling behind Oregon by 10 points with a little more than four minutes to play in a quarterfinal.
Nine consecutive points brought the Bruins within a point before they got the ball back.