There is no point. The fielder, that is. The mind must keep telling you that there is no fielder at point. It is an over of temptation. An offspinner is bowling with a slip, a cover and a mid-off. It is not a new ploy on a pitch with some turn, but it is still a temptation. On the leg side, there are two men waiting for catches, two men to stop singles and two men to save boundaries. And this particular offspinner, R Ashwin, is teasing you; he is bowling short of a driving length, but not quite short enough to cut.At the start of this particular over, the 43rd of the New Zealand innings, Kane Williamson is on 8 off 19. He goes back to the first ball. Then he sees it is not short enough to cut and plays defensively with a straight bat, with the turn. Eight off 20 now. The next one is not full either. Williamson goes back again, that gap at point screaming, but again he makes a late decision that this is not short enough to cut. And he defends with a straight bat again. Eight off 21 now. The third ball of the over is defended off the front foot, the fourth stays low and nearly defeats the pull.On 8 off 23, Williamson has to be thinking runs too, especially after the momentum provided by the opening stand of 118 and with a quick outfield on offer. You cant let India spinners bowl wherever they want to, because then you will be on nothing when on eventually gets you. Williamson, though, clearly remembers his dismissal in Kanpur where he had gone after a similar temptation and was done in by a more spiteful pitch. That ball had turned back with a puff of dust to hit Williamsons stumps. You want the runs, you need the runs, but you must watch out against falling into that trap.The fifth ball of this over is again not full, but not too short; it lands in the same spot as the one that got Williamson in Kanpur. Williamsons first instinct is to press forward here, but he finally gives in to the temptation. Perhaps he thinks this pitch is not turning as much as Kanpur, which makes him think he can pull off that daring shot. Graeme Swann once compared cutting an offspinner to patting a burning dog.Ashwins fields and his accuracy, coupled with the odd trick from the pitch, have made sure here that Williamson has to pat a burning dog if he wants to release the pressure. After Williamson has let two of them go by, the third one burns his fingers. It turns back more than he expects it to again, hits the high part of the bat, and goes on to the stumps. The look on Williamsons face is of a man who knew he had bitten the forbidden apple. This construct for the wicket is a continuation of the hide and seek between Ashwin and New Zealands best batsman. Its a shame Williamson missed the middle Test, for that would have added to the body of work that constitutes this story. Ashwin has got Williamson all three times he has batted in this series, all three times off the back foot, but Williamson, too, has played some cracking shots. Without looking frenetic, Williamson has managed to score 54 runs from 58 Ashwin deliveries. But leaving Williamson without too many scoring options other than in the off side off the back foot has been one of Ashwins big moves.With other batsmen, at times, Ashwin has bowled with 7-2 fields, leaving even the cover open, but with Williamson he has not been too adventurous. He has shown him enough respect, and has given him only the cut shot. Williamson has played 15 of the 58 balls from Ashwin into the off side. Nine of those 15 have been off the back foot, but only five of those nine have brought him runs. Only one of them has been a proper cut to a loose ball. Others have not been cutting length so they have been either punches through cover or dabs behind square.Ashwin remembers Williamson from his previous tour to India as someone who has a tendency to lunge. Ashwin remembers that dismissal from Bangalore in 2012-13 when Williamson lunged forward and nicked to slip. I come into a series with a plan, especially taking off from where Kane Williamson got out in Bangalore when they came here last time, Ashwin said. He lunged forward and got out at slips. So he just lunges outside the off stump, so thats one of the things I thought I would repeat in this series.This bowling - not the usual length that Ashwin bowls - to Williamson perhaps points to keeping the ball out of reach when Williamson lunges forward. If he still manages to drive there is a fielder at cover. Most of Williamsons runs against Ashwin have come from either the sweep or the punch off the back foot. 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SAN DIEGO -- Bobby Hurley let his Arizona State Sun Devils have it after their 97-64 loss Wednesday to No. 18 Purdue in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden.He called them soft, and then ran them ragged in practice.They paid attention, not wanting it to get any worse.Tra Holder scored 17 points and Shannon Evans II had 16, including a 3-pointer that started a 13-3 run at the start of the second half, to lead Arizona State to a 74-63 victory against San Diego State on Saturday.Obinna Oleka had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Torian Graham scored 15 for the Sun Devils (6-4), who didnt get their first lead until three minutes into the second half.Hurley was happy with pretty much everything except 13 turnovers in the first half.Hopefully this was a turning point for us, Hurley said. Hopefully we found something we need to move forward with the rest of the year.Trey Kell scored 20 points for the Aztecs (4-4), who twice led by 10 points in the first half before losing their third straight game.Trailing 32-25 at halftime, the Sun Devils opened the second half with 3-pointers by Evans, Holder and Kodi Justice that pulled ASU into a 34-34 tie. While stifling the Aztecs on defense, the Sun Devils continued the run with a layup by Holder and a putback by Jethro Tshisumpa for a 38-35 lead.SDSU tied it on Max Hoetzels 3-pointer before Evans answered with another shot from behind the arc.The Sun Devils stayed hot from behind the 3-point line, with Evans and Torian Graham hitting long shots for a 53-41 lead.Evans said the first practice after the Purdue loss was real tough. We did a lot of running. I dont know if we shot the ball at all but we did do a lot of running. It felt like we were a track team at one point.With ASU on break, the players knew practices could be rougher if they didnt step up against SDSU.We know theres no time limit when youre on break so we have that in the back of our mind like, `Man, if we dont listen, were going to be in for a long one. Preaching that mentality, play for each other and play hard, we came out on top.San Diego State twice led by 10 points in the first half, the second time at 32-22 after Hoetzel hit a 3-pointer with just more than a minute left before hallftime.dddddddddddd Evans hit a 3-pointer for ASU on the next possession.This is not what Im used to, this is not what Trey is used to, this is not what our program is used to, SDSU coach Steve Fisher said. Weve had a program thats played with toughness and pride and success. And were still capable of doing that, but you have to do it for 40 minutes. You have to do it together. You cant let one end dictate the other.Were going have to, all of us, circle the wagons, self-analyze, try to help one another, not fragment, fight together, and get one win that will give you a good taste when you leave the locker room and give you a chance to get two wins, Fisher said.BIG PICTUREArizona State: This was the Sun Devils final road trip of non-conference play. They have three home games before opening Pac-12 action at Stanford on Dec. 30. Theyve already made cross-country trips to Orlando, the Bahamas and New York.San Diego State: The Aztecs were coming off consecutive road losses to Loyola of Chicago and Grand Canyon, which will certainly hurt their NCAA Tournament chances unless they win the Mountain West Conference tournament championship and with it an automatic bid.BOOSThe Aztecs were booed by the crowd during a rough stretch in the second half.To me personally, I dont pay attention to it, but its not something you want to hear being the home team, hearing your home crowd boo you, Kell said. But at the end of the day, the fans dont control how we play. Thats on us. Weve got to look at each other, start with ourselves and go from there.AN UPSETIn 1992, Hurley and a team of other college players stunned the Dream Team in a closed scrimmage at UC San Diego before the Barcelona Olympics. That was one of the great experiences of my life, said Hurley, who played in three Final Fours with Duke and won two national titles. I loved it. We played Torrey Pines, too. That was fun.UP NEXTArizona State hosts New Mexico next Saturday night.San Diego State hosts Alabama State on Monday night.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 . ' ' '