The first 15 minutes of the second half was the best the team has played in recent memory and the team defense was solid for the entire game. Given that we were playing without Hall, this was even more impressive. Sexton is obviously struggling a bit with other teams now starting to design their defenses to stop him and he needs to avoid getting rattled when that happens. The last 5 minutes was a scary reminder of how quickly our offense can become ineffective when they face something new, is this case, LSU going small. Fortunately, we had a good lead before then, the refs were friendly and we did hit our foul shots. On the whole, this was a major step forward.
Now, we need to prepare for good Auburn team, who look a lot like the smaller team that LSU put on the court in the last 5 minutes. Overall, the Auburn small guys are better than LSU and they play that style all of the time. I will hope this was actually a gift for our team, which may help Johnson them better for Auburn.