Nathan Adrian, for at least one night, a night when the team needed him, was who he’d been working to become.

“It’s about challenging yourself,” said forward Devin Williams, who has four straight 14-point games and back-to-back double doubles after he, too, was challenged and counseled by Huggins. “When things are going wrong, what are you going to do? Lay down? Or are you going to keep attacking it? That’s what Nate did. He has an edge to him and that’s what’s going to make him keep going and shooting shots until he figures it out.”