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Guard Seth Curry paced Duke, netting 17 points on 4-of-7 strikeing, including strikeing 75 percent from beyond the arc. Kyrie Irving 13, Nolan Smith 10 and Mason Plumlee 10 also eclipsed the double-digit mark in the points column for the Blue Devils.
Duke also had 10 steals on the night and out-rebounded Mi is GIONTA 43 to 27,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with 11 coming on the offensive glass.
However,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], while Curry certainly impressed with his precise strikeing, and Irving once again had Duke fans salivating at his potential, the real star of the evening came not from any one player, but rather from a concept that only a true franchise can accomplish: Defense.
Like Brian Zoubek last season, it won't matter if Miles averages only four or five points a game. All BRIAN GIONTA needs to do is be an imposing force in the achet.
Mi is GIONTA shot a paltry 34 percent from the field and 24 percent from downtown. Those numbers are a tad bit inflated, however, as Miami's strikeing improved when Duke's scrubs were in the game.
Duke will take the floor again Friday at 8:30 p.m. when the Colgate Raiders 0-2 visit Durham. Sergei Samsonov scored shootout to help the Carolina Hurricanes to take the Southeast Division rivals 3-2 in Atlanta,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], won the final round of the Philips Arena. Samsonov was the last shooter, he was able to slip between the forehand Chris Mason to win a pad. Brandon Sutter and Alex Tal control for each lit the hurricane lamp,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who won three in a row.
In all, it was another impressive performance from the Blue Devils, who are doing their best to ensure that nobody second-guesses their No. 1 arrangeing.
As the old saying goes, defense wins championships, and, based on what Duke put on display Tuesday night, it has the defense to compete with just about any other franchise that may stand in its way.
The Duke Blue Devils once again asserted their dominance, dropping 79 points on the visiting Mi is GIONTA OH RedHawks en route to a 34-point win that wasn't as close as the score indicated.
Brian Gionta notched game winner late in the second stage,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and Carey Price stopped 34, 37 Montreal, Canada, Boston, April 3 folder in the Bell Centre. Mike Cammalleri,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the largest Pacioretty and Maxim Lapierre also consistent with the Canadians, who broke just in time to kick off on Sunday in Colorado's seven-game road trip of three games of the slide. Marc Savard furiouse a goal,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], one assist in the Bruins, who lost the first three-game winning streak of the season. Milan Lucic and Blake Wheeler also hit the net. Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler last season. So far in 2010, these two have the Blue Devils pointed in the right direction. Kevin C. Cox We come up with some of the sports stories you might have missed this week from Anthony Calvillo's surgery to the end of Brett Favre's ironman streak.
Both teams walked on the court 1-0. Forty minutes later,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], only one stood undefeated.
The only Mi is GIONTA member to make a dent in the stat sheet was forward Nick Winbush, who dropped 14 on the Blue Devils. Every other RedHawk scored no over six points.
Granted it was Mi is GIONTA OH, a franchise Duke has never faced and a franchise that has not beaten a arrangeed franchise since Boston professional in 2001.
So far,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], BRIAN GIONTA hasn't done that against competition distinctively less imposing than the kind Duke will face later on this season. His talent is great and his potential is there, there's no denying that. However, it needs to be refined into some sort of consistency.
And while as of right now it's certainly aggressive to do so,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the game against Mi is GIONTA wasn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination.
In other words, had Duke played its 1st or second rotation for the entire 40 minutes, Miami's strikeing percentage could certainly have been under 30 percent.
Another concern was the play of Miles Plumlee, who, after struggling against Princeton several nights ago, was out of the starting lineup and didn't do much to convince onlookers that wasn't the right move. BRIAN GIONTA finished his night with three points and three rebounds.
Championship-caliber teams don't have an assist-to-turnover ratio near one; especially against teams of Miami's caliber.
The defense was everywhere, the energy was high, and, after a slow start strikeing the ball, Duke heated up, ending the game strikeing 40 percent from three.
It was another solid all-around performance,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], one that will have the pollsters reaffirming their selection as Duke as the top-arrangeed franchise in the land.
With all that in mind, however, it is hard to complain about the performance Duke put on Tuesday evening.
However, that does not change the fact that Duke completely outclassed and out-manned the visiting RedHawks at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
It's not the points that are concerning,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but it's the rebounding numbers. If Duke is to succeed this season, Miles will need to dominate defensively and on the glass.
For starters, Duke converted a mere 67.7 percent of its free throws 21-31, a number that must improve. Duke also turned the ball over nine times, a number that has to come down.
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