Official Gameday thread- Duke vs State II

[christophero]

Lively might be better than Flip at this point. Flip gets the stats but he has too many bad habits.

 

[The Only Blue]

With the free throw discrepancy in our favor and Terqauivion Smith having zero points, I feel we should be up more.

 

[sheyduke]

Lively might be better than Flip at this point. Flip gets the stats but he has too many bad habits.

I agree especially with offensive fouls .

 

[JimboSlice00]

Lively might be better than Flip at this point. Flip gets the stats but he has too many bad habits.

Really? No way I can agree with this

 

[AlanInNJ]

This is the sort of start earlier in the ACC season that we would be down 8-10 points at half. Instead we are up 4. I really think we are going to come out strong in the second half. The threes aren't falling, let's take it inside!

 

[christophero]

We ain't getting these calls Saturday night that's for sure.
1 of 9 from 3. Woof.

 

[christophero]

Wow 10 point lead. Great start.

 

[BluePhil]

Chippy game

 

[Ioliva]

Man that roach kid sucks huh

 

[Ioliva]

I agree especially with offensive fouls .

Hard negative. Flips got easier stuff to clean up than lively. Although I got to hand it to lively he’s definitely improved so much over a short period of time

 

[BluePhil]

Like that we are playing just as physical without losing control. Very poised in the circumstances.

 

[The Only Blue]

Wtf are we doing Lively??? SMH

 

[christophero]

We're up 10. Let's finish.
2 of 15 from 3.

 

[LetsGoDuke83]

We can’t buy a freaking 3

 

[JimboSlice00]

Cmon boys. Hit FT's down the stretch

 

[The Only Blue]

Good night to be off from 3 lol. Hopefully we got our bad shooting night out the way tonight

 

[The Only Blue]

Geezus boys. Finish this thing off

 

[LetsGoDuke83]

Team can’t finish a game good lord

 

[tclark6]

Geez!

 

[tclark6]

I’m sorry but that step back was nice!

 

[BluePhil]

I’m sorry but that step back was nice!

Don't be sorry. Joiner is just unreal tonight.

 

[The Only Blue]

State guys are hitting tough shots. Not much you can do when guys are hitting step back 3s

 

[christophero]

To quote the great philosopher Barry Manilow "looks like we made it." Despite possibly being the worst 3 point shooting team on the eastern seaboard. And maybe the western seaboard. Still, a win is a win. On to UNC. Undefeated at Cameron. This team wins with defense.

 

[tclark6]

Don't be sorry. Joiner is just unreal tonight.

True!

 

[BluePhil]

Damn joiner just had a hell of a night. Duke shot poor and won this one just out-toughong State. We needed a game we had to out-tough the opponent.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Nothing you can do about those 3's. The kid had a crazy excellent shooting game, and we played him well for the most part. Jon goes undefeated at home in his first year. LET'S ******* GO!!!!!!!!!

 

[JimboSlice00]

Hit our free throws down the stretch and killed them on the boards. Horrible shooting night, but I'll take a win. 22-8 for a "down" year ain't all that bad.

 

[denverexpat]

2-19 from 3 offset by 23-29 from the line..except for that 3pt shooting....looks like an old school Duke win!

 

[AlanInNJ]

State goes 3 for 24 from three for 37 minutes and then 5 for 6 in the last 3 minutes with some from the logo?!?! Really?!?!

And what does Duke do? We didn’t panic and multiple players made their FTs to finish the W. That’s maturity we hadn’t seen earlier in the year.

Let’s take care of business on Saturday, and when we do let’s put the rest of the nation on notice.

Here comes Duke!!

 

[Alaskan_Assassin_21]

Huge Huge win for Scheyer

 

[bleediteveryday30]

A ton of our threes were in rhythm and we had several open looks. The only one I hated was Lively's corner three late. I don't know what the hell he was thinking.

 

[Mac9192]

Ugly, ugly, ugly. Did we shoot 29 FT’s to their 8 due to being in Cameron, their poor discipline on d, or a combination of both? Either way, that’s why we won. Roach saved us on offense. He was 9-14 from inside the 3.

One thing I’m scratching my head about is Whitehead. He was (only) 2-2, and hit one of our two 3’s. Why couldn’t we free him up any? We found a way to clank up 1-18 out of everyone else.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Jon is having a damn good year for a guy many Duke fans were saying wasn't the guy a month ago. For all the people who have been on board this train from the start, LETS ******* GO!!!!!!!!

 

[sheyduke]

Hard negative. Flips got easier stuff to clean up than lively. Although I got to hand it to lively he’s definitely improved so much over a short period of time

Yeah but Lively is what he is . A rebounder and shot blocker that scores off lobs and put backs .
Flip has to adapt still with the physicality of the game and learn not to dip his shoulder or extend his arm . His three point shooting has dropped and some might say the one thing he has fixed is the behind the back and over dribbling turnovers .

 

[sheyduke]

Nothing you can do about those 3's. The kid had a crazy excellent shooting game, and we played him well for the most part. Jon goes undefeated at home in his first year. LET'S ****ING GO!!!!!!!!!

Don’t know if he had a crazy shooting night he lit us up and State as well for 21 points .

 

[christophero]

I have no desire to watch this game ever, ever again. But I'm glad we won.

 

[dukesince91]

Ugly, ugly, ugly. Did we shoot 29 FT’s to their 8 due to being in Cameron, their poor discipline on d, or a combination of both? Either way, that’s why we won. Roach saved us on offense. He was 9-14 from inside the 3.

One thing I’m scratching my head about is Whitehead. He was (only) 2-2, and hit one of our two 3’s. Why couldn’t we free him up any? We found a way to clank up 1-18 out of everyone else.

My thoughts exactly. If Grandison can get off several 3’s, we should be finding more shots for Whitehead. Jacob was awful tonight. We really need to get Dariq going.

 

[Duke Bluu]

F State!

Now its time for GTHC!!!!!!!

GTH!!!!!!!!

 

[skysdad]

Anyone know what happened to K-oach Q? It seems like a long while since he posted. OFC

 

[christophero]

Did we really shoot 21 more free throws than them? Between that (we won't get those calls in the Dean Dome) and the 3 point shooting we need to do better Saturday. Don't get me wrong I'm glad we won. 5 game win streak is pretty impressive. We shot poorly and still won. Our backcourt played well against theirs.