Sunday, March 12, 2006

Duke 78, Wake 66

Player

Off. Poss.

Off. PPP

Def. Poss.

Def. PPP

Paulus-on

56

1.21

54

1.11

Paulus-off

10

1.00

11

.55

Redick-on

58.5

1.21

57

1.00

Redick-off

7.5

.93

8

1.13

Dockery-on

47.5

.97

46

1.11

Dockery-off

18.5

1.73

19

.79

McRoberts-on

56

1.29

55.5

.97

McRoberts-off

10

.60

9.5

1.26

Williams-on

45

1.33

43.5

1.08

Williams-off

21

.86

21.5

.88

Melchionni-on

31

.77

31

1.00

Melchionni-off

35

1.54

34

1.03

Nelson-on

36

1.36

36

.83

Nelson-off

30

.97

29

1.24

Team Totals

66

1.182

65

1.015


Very nice offensive day for the Devils, particularly in the second half, when they picked up 44 points in just 30 possessions. The numbers reflect very solid offensive contributions from McRoberts, Nelson, and Paulus (and also subpar offensive contributions from Dockery and Melchionni). I was actually surprised at Dock's numbers for the game, because he seemed to play very good defense on Gray, and also caused some turnovers that led to easy points. Once again, though, the defense wasn't stellar - it was good enough, but not great. It would be very, very refreshing if they could hold BC under 1.00 ppp this afternoon. Part of the reason is that we again got killed on the glass - Wake gobbled up 16 of their 36 misses, and 27 of Duke's 33. Everything else about the D was pretty good - Wake shot just 41.7%, including just 29.2% from beyond the arc, and turned it over 14 times against just 10 assists. We've just really got to do something about that defensive rebounding...

And how bout 9 consecutive ACC finals appearances. Wow. It's been a remarkable run over the past decade. Let's keep it rolling a little while longer.

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