SEATTLE — UCLA led by nine with just over seven minutes to play, and Jordan Adams was all smiles.
The sophomore guard did so in the most unexpected of places: While getting cramps worked out of his calves and tightness wringed out of his hamstrings and quadriceps by a team trainer.
Adams took a few long swigs of Powerade, watching his teammates on the floor, and couldn’t help but reveal a half-beam, half-grimace. Perhaps he realized, as UCLA started to pull away in what became a 91-82 victory over Washington, that the only thing that could stop him Thursday night was his own body. And maybe having to guard one of the most prolific scorers in the Pac-12.
Story by: Andrew Erickson