I think the final score belies the nature of the game. Duke jumped out to a 31-4 lead and basically coasted the rest of the game, easing up on the defensive pressure a little and slowing the tempo a little. Perhaps it was a good tactical decision knowing that there is another game to be played tomorrow in a hot, humid gym where cramps are notoriously ubiquitous. I'm amused and shocked by the alarmist fans who consider a game where we led by 30 multiple times in the 2nd half after jumping out to a 31-4 lead to be unimpressive.
But hey, what about Kyle Singler, eh?
| Player Stats |
| Eff. |
| Usage |
| Floor% |
| Real D-Rat |
| Real Stop% |
| %Dposs |
| Kyle Singler |
| 136.1 |
| 29.0% |
| 62.3% |
| 76.0 |
| 70.2% |
| 19.5% |
| Lance Thomas |
| 117.3 |
| 16.5% |
| 63.8% |
| 86.6 |
| 4.4% |
| 5.2% |
| Greg Paulus |
| 100.5 |
| 15.9% |
| 44.1% |
| 83.5 |
| 44.1% |
| 10.1% |
| Gerald Henderson |
| 133 |
| 19.8% |
| 66.3% |
| 82.7 |
| 48.0% |
| 14.1% |
| DeMarcus Nelson |
| 102 |
| 18.9% |
| 52.4% |
| 67.6 |
| 84.1% |
| 26.6% |
| Nolan Smith |
| 83 |
| 18.2% |
| 40.1% |
| 40.4 |
| 113.4% |
| 41.5% |
| Martynas Pocius |
| 65.6 |
| 19.3% |
| 31.0% |
| 78.1 |
| 67.6% |
| 15.4% |
| Dave McClure |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| 62.3 |
| 76.5% |
| 44.2% |
| Taylor King |
| 108 |
| 18.3% |
| 46.3% |
| 86.7 |
| 31.0% |
| 15.8% |
| Jon Scheyer |
| 145.7 |
| 16.1% |
| 70.0% |
| 81.4 |
| 52.7% |
| 17.5% |
| Brian Zoubek |
| 104.2 |
| 25.9% |
| 54.3% |
| 79.9 |
| 52.6% |
| 30.3% |
| Team Stats |
| Duke |
| Opp. |
| eFG% |
| 49.32% |
| 54.26% |
| TO% |
| 15.04% |
| 27.91% |
| ORB % |
| 48.72% |
| 9.09% |
| FT Rate |
| 13.51% |
| 29.79% |
|
|
|
|
|
| Tempo |
| 73.13 |
|
|
| Offensive Efficiency |
| 113.50 |
|
|
| Defensive Efficiency |
| 83.42 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
| 3-Point FG % |
| 25.00% |
| 50.00% |
| 2-Point FG% |
| 53.70% |
| 45.45% |
| Free Throw % |
| 66.67% |
| 71.43% |
| Block % |
| 12.12% |
| 5.56% |
| Steal % |
| 16.75% |
| 5.47% |
|
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|
|
|
| 3PA/FGA |
| 27.03% |
| 29.79% |
| A/FGM |
| 38.24% |
| 40.91% |
- The conventional box score limits how impressive Singler's performance was tonight. Not only did he grab 1 out of 5 defensive boards he could have grabbed, but he had 9 offensive rebounds, nearly 35% of the boards he could have grabbed on the offensive end. That all being said, I don't feel that Singler carried Duke at all. I feel like he did some little things that really helped, and I feel like he was the benefactor of good team play. He's a quiet player, but the ultimate and perfect team player.
- Most shocking really is the differential in eFG%. eFG% is the most important stat correlated with winning, and yet Duke shot about 5% worse from the field than Princeton and won. What should we take away from a performance like this? Well, first of all, in spite of the poor shooting, we were pretty efficient on offense because we took care of the ball. Only 11 turnovers on 73 possessions. The completely dominance of the offensive glass was also pretty helpful.
- Princeton came into this game taking 3s on over half of their shots. Tonight they only took 14 3s on 47 total shots. In spite of shooting very well from the outside, Princeton was just not able to produce many points from their outside shooting. Inside the arc, Duke shot well (almost 54%) and Princeton shot poorly (around 45%).
- I don't know that I've seen a Duke team this aggressive on the boards. Singler and King both contribute a lot and, I think, will more than make up for the loss of McRoberts.
- Poor 3 point shooting again - which is 2 out of the first 3 games of the season. I didn't really feel a lot of these shots were forced either. Should we be concerned, or at least happy that we are getting good looks at this point in the year?
- Defensively, the perimeter really dominated. Smith in particular had an excellent offensive game, being credited with 2 steals, and forcing 2 other turnovers. He's struggled offensively these last two games, but there's no doubt that defensively he's very gifted (though he certainly showed his lack of experience letting a very easy backdoor cut go for a basket - one of 3 baskets he allowed tonight). McClure (playing out on the perimeter) and Nelson both contributed substantially to the overall defensive effort.
Overall hard to be too upset. I wish we had shot better, but we sort of hit cruise control once we took a 30 point lead. We'll most likely play Illinois tomorrow (who currently leads Arizona State and the Love Boat 47-31 with about 15 minutes left) which should provide us with an interesting test. We will need to play 40 minutes that game, and pressure pressure pressure. Of all the teams here, we should be the most capable of sustaining hard play for 40 minutes because of our depth. Let's see it tomorrow.
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