ATLANTA — In one of its sharpest performances of the season, Kentucky rolled the Tide 72-58 in Saturday's semifinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament. But because DeAndre Liggins and Doron Lamb rolled ankles in the final 90 seconds of a blowout victory, the game required a question mark rather than an exclamation point as punctuation.
Why were Liggins and Lamb still playing with Kentucky leading by 18 with less than 90 seconds left?
UK's Josh Harrellson, who posted a double-double while squared off against All-SEC big man JaMychal Green of Alabama, acknowledged that question came to mind.
"You always do a little bit as a player," he said. "Like, why isn't he getting other players in?"
Harrellson guessed that UK's desire to avenge a regular-season defeat at Alabama played into the decision. Or maybe Coach John Calipari's hyperintensity got in the way. "I don't know if he notices it at times," Harrellson said. "He's so into the game."
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