Duke game thread

[JAXCUSE]

Joseph... That JB timeout was him...
I see Ennis is in the crowd. Give him a jersey...

 

[jdubs30]

Surprised we haven't seen Patterson more...Kaleb's been bad but JB still won't take him out..kinda shows wha the thinsk of Ron

 

[JAXCUSE]

I hate to see Cooney not set those feet before launching it...

 

[NineOneSeven]

THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE SAME SIDE

 

[jdubs30]

Game plan for the rest of the night: Give the ball to G and everyone move out of the way

 

[NineOneSeven]

Huge allowing those wide open 3s for duke.

No one in sight.

 

[WaHoos4Me]

Great first half for your Orange... Hope the second is even better...

 

[SUalldway]

19 points for G - are you kidding me!

 

[rstone7727]

"Deny the transfer papers" Ha! G!

 

[two3zone]

Surprised we haven't seen Patterson more...Kaleb's been bad but JB still won't take him out..kinda shows wha the thinsk of Ron

Patterson is a worse offensive player than BMK.

 

[tee1222]

Postseason ban or no, this is SO MUCH FUN!


Let's Go Orange!!!

Really entertaining game, similar to that pace last year at the dome.

 

[Alsacs]

Duke made shot the last 5 minutes the first 15 we played really elite defense. Honestly I hope puts Patterson or Johnson in for Joseph he really hurt us on defense and didn't give much on offense in the first half.

 

[Ghost]

Weird half - so much good, but a lot of weird.

A lot of odd non-foul calls. At least one odd one on Xmas. We got away with a few including one that looked like an incredibly blatant arm grab. Would have liked a replay.

Xmas seems to be nervous on offense - probably thinking too much about his big match-up. Okafor should have at least one foul if that was a foul on Xmas though on his second foul! lol

When Cooney goes into those weird contested early shot-clock fadeaways...disaster usually follows. As it did here yet again. His shot selection befuddles me at times. He does it whether the offense is clicking or not.

Why were neither Roberson nor G playing opposite the SU bench side of the zone for like three possessions in a row? Weird strategy. And Joseph got yelled at after the one three. Maybe I missed something.

 

[JAXCUSE]

Duke made shot the last 5 minutes the first 15 we played really elite defense. Honestly I hope puts Patterson or Johnson in for Joseph he really hurt us on defense and didn't give much on offense in the first half.

Kaleb almost singlehandedly cost the team a double digit lead going into halftime.

 

[Cramz]

Seth Greenberg has 3 points?

 

[tee1222]

Once again, no matter how bad a team some think we are, this team has proven yet again it can play with anyone in the country.

 

[Orangezoo]

Yeah can def tell kaleb needs to compose himself in these big games. He is his own worst enemy. Just play some basketball kaleb! You can do it!

 

[Libero2]

19 points for G - are you kidding me!

Dudes gonna drop 30+ tonight. Heck he has to if we wanna win this game. Unless Cooney goes off in the second half.

 

[MGP]

G unreal - Shakey needs to help him in 2nd half after Duke makes adjustments. Need something fom Rak. Keep the faith! LGO!

 

[TheOkieOrangeman]

Clearly the best half all season. Make the 2nd half BETTER. LGO

 

[OrangeYaGladi]

Once again, no matter how bad a team some think we are, this team has proven yet again it can play with anyone in the country.

Cuse playing tough, but it's pretty common for Bubble-type squads to get up and play tough against top 5 teams at home. Plenty of our opponents over the last 6 years played us tough on their home floor. Let's see if this year's Cuse team can finish the deal tonight.

 

[CorduroyG]

Should be up more than 3. Duke is feeling very good right now. Cooney gotta ball in 2h

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Kaleb almost singlehandedly cost the team a double digit lead going into halftime.

Well it's difficult when both of your forwards are playing one side of the zone.

Boeheim can yell at him for getting back sooner, but not a lot Kaleb can do if Roberson and Gbinije are morons for a few possessions. Because they were.

 

[JAXCUSE]

Once again, no matter how bad a team some think we are, this team has proven yet again it can play with anyone in the country.

But not for a whole game yet.
It took an incredible individual effort from G to set the team at halftime. Despite a really bad defensive sequence before the half.
I really hope they can close one against a really good team this time.

 

[Ghost]

Should be up more than 3. Duke is feeling very good right now. Cooney gotta ball in 2h

Definitely. Thought Rak looked a touch more Rak'ish on his last few touches, made some nice decisions passing the ball though. Hopefully his offense picks up, and Cooney's as well.

And hopefully G can drop 20 or 30 more!