Shoot! I missed it by one. It was a 17 point win instead of 18. The Devils countered the Hokies aggressive play during the entire ballgame. The theme of the year seams to be “play physical” in the ACC. When you’re going up against the top ranked teams the underdogs are muscling up against the big boys. Its happened twice to Carolina, Clemson and Maryland, and Clemson almost pulled it off.
Washington, who’s always asking for trouble, almost got it tonight from Nelson. During the game, Washington really got the best of him in my opinion. If Demarcus didn’t foul out I think it may have gotten really ugly down the stretch.
This Duke team is alot more experienced and deep than years past. Everytime I see the four corners being run thoughts of years past start to creep into my mind. All I can remember is a VERY inexperienced team that tried to run the four corners only to blow games down the stretch. It different this year and I’m getting over that “four corners” fear.
Scheyer had foul trouble unfortunately and I did not get the game out of him that I expected. Singler once again played strong. I’d like to see Henderson shoot more.
J.J. Redick, Magic: As I’ve written before, I think Redick can be a solid guy for most teams in this league. But he’s done nothing thus far. In his defense (and coach Stan Van Gundy must think he needs some), he scored efficiently in the only two games in which he played 17-plus minutes. Don’t write him off yet.
I see comments like this often, too often actually. How long will it be before something happens? Will the Magic let him rot on the bench for the years to come?
JJ Redick garnered a little playing time against the Grizzlies last night. All of 3 minutes worth. The fans cheered as he entered the game and they were in Memphis! He hit 3 of 4 field goals and one of those from behind the arc. Its funny how JJ Redick is a “fan favorite” in my opinion anyway, you would think folks would get the idea to actually play him. Being a fan favorite doesn’t mean playing time of course, nor should it. But 3 fo 4 from the field should garner more than 3 minutes of PT.
The Magic set a team record with 18 3 pointers during the game.
Final Score, 112-85.
Seems like more than 3 minutes should have been had during this night.
VT shouldn’t be too much of a problem for the Devils tonight. Then again this is the ACC. VT’s Jeff Allen was suspended for bumping a referee so he’ll miss the game. Pretty smart since he’s their top rebounder. And I think Paulus will probably want a little revenge on this move from Washington in Cameron last year:
Even though I’m a Dookie, sometimes you have to post a shot like that.
In Dukes corner, I’m expecting a 18 point win. I want to see a solid game from Nolan Smith tonight. He’s next up on Dukes “ball handling” list in the next few years. I also think Scheyer’s going to have a solid 20+ game as well. There’s my prediction! Let’s hear yours?