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蜜柚直播 will face big challenges in its next four games to be sure. But its two-game lead in the loss column means that even if the Wildcats lose twice in those four games, they would at least share the Pac-12 title even if one or more of the four five-loss teams (USC, UCLA, Stanford and Washington) wins out.

This scenario was arranged quickly on Saturday, thanks not only to the Wildcats' 81-67 win over USC, but also because of聽 and the fact that Washington kicked away a 14-point lead with eight minutes to go at Oregon State, which created the four-way virtual tie for second.

Miller didn't make a big deal of the Pac-12 race when asked twice about it after Saturday's game. Of the big picture now, he said:

"I don鈥檛 think we were panicking," he said of UA's loss to UCLA on Thursday. "We lost a game. Sometimes a loss can really teach your team a lot of valuable lessons and I really feel like everyone who played in tonight鈥檚 game learned form that experience. We can鈥檛 control what the other teams do."

In the Wildcats鈥� six losses this season, Rawle Alkins didn鈥檛 play in three of them and he shot 29.4 percent in the others.

In 蜜柚直播鈥檚 81-67 win over USC on Saturday, Alkins was 7 of 12 from the field while scoring a team-high 20 points.

When asked if the Wildcats will go as far as Alkins can carry them, Miller said they will go as far as Deandre Ayton carries them.

But Dusan Ristic made it clear Alkins brings something different when he鈥檚 on.

鈥淢any times this year Rawle brings us some kind of toughness,鈥� Ristic said. 鈥淲hen he plays well, it affects everybody on the court and everybody plays with it chip on their shoulder with extra energy and tonight was an example of that.鈥�

Of having that reputation, Alkins said:

鈥淚t鈥檚 great to see my teammates and my coaches believe in me,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 always good to have everyone on your back. Especially when you have days like last week (at Washington) and the UCLA game.

鈥淚t鈥檚 great to see it鈥檚 a family and it鈥檚 not just a basketball team. It鈥檚 important when you鈥檙e trying to win a championship. When we鈥檙e playing like that, everyone鈥檚 having fun. We play basketball to have fun. We play basketball not just to play basketball. When we鈥檙e having fun out there it shows and I think we can beat anyone in the country.鈥�

Alkins shot a combined 4 of 20 in UA鈥檚 losses to Washington and UCLA, and said his cure was that he simply took more shots in practice between games to get 鈥渢he feel back in my shot.鈥� He said his confidence did not change.

鈥淚 always had confidence in myself,鈥� Alkins said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 partly why I kept missing was because I kept shooting. I'm always thinking the next one鈥檚 going in.鈥�

Miller played all his starters 30 minutes or more, with Allonzo Trier logging 38. But he mixed things up off the bench more than on Thursday: Keanu Pinder played nine minutes against UCLA and 12 against USC; Emmanuel Akot played 11 against UCLA and seven against USC; Ira Lee didn鈥檛 play against UCLA but played five minutes after being inserted when the Trojans kept making easy drives to the bucket during one first-half stretch.

鈥淲e met with our bench,鈥� Miller said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 one of a number of things we did between the games, and we talked about their importance. There are some guys who may not fill the stat sheet but their role in a game like tonight is vital -- to come in the game, play really hard and rest our starters.

鈥淥ne of the things that happened to us in the UCLA game is we wore down. You have to believe in your bench but they have to know what to do when they come in. Ira, Keanu, they came in and made positive plays. Emmanuel鈥檚 day will come but right now we need him to be a really good defender, a guy who takes care of the ball. He did that tonight.鈥�