Jumbo
02-28-2010, 11:15 PM
Well, this was one of the more interesting plus/minus games of the season, even before the ugly last four minutes in which Duke's reserves decided to they really wanted to spend tomorrow's practice, post-practice, dinner and midnight snack running. Start out with this fact: Duke was repeatedly better (during the real part of the game) with Nolan Smith out of the game. The good way to look at that was that Andre Dawkins looked more comfortable playing with the other starters than he has in a while. The first time Nolan came out, Duke went on a 9-0 run (Mason and Miles were also in for Lance and Zoubs). In the second half, after an ill-advised drive, K yanked Nolan and Duke went on a 10-2 run. Clearly, Nolan was playing with his head down too much, consistently missing open shooters on the weak side as he drove to the hoop. It was nice that Duke was playing against a weak enough team that K could teach him a few lessons on the bench; hopefully it will make a difference going forward.
Meanwhile, there's the Scheyer/Singler influence. Duke outscored UVA by 30 with Scheyer in the game and got outscored by 12 when he was out. Not to be outdone, Duke outscored UVA by 35 without Singler (when Nolan subbed in for him in the first half and Duke went with three guards, Virginia went on a quick 5-0 run) and got outscored by 17 when he was out. Yikes! Watch what happens to their net plus/minus stats when I update the totals later. Finally, it was nice to see Mason Plumlee play well when the starters were in -- just look at the difference in his stats with the other top players vs. the subs late in the game. Or, go look at the moves he forced with said subs vs. the decisions he made when playing with better players. His development going forward depends on his ability to understand a complementary role. And when he gets that, then stuff like the nice turnaround in the lane he hit (notice that he was much more patient, shot at the top of his jump, stayed on balance) becomes a great bonus.
Anyway, on to the numbers ...
Individuals
Kyle Singler 61-26 (+35)
Jon Scheyer 61-31 (+30)
Brian Zoubek 29-13 (+16)
Lance Thomas 37-24 (+13)
Nolan Smith 40-31 (+9)
Mason Plumlee 34-28 (+6)
Miles Plumlee 31-28 (+3)
Andre Dawkins 29-31 (-2)
Steve Johnson 3-5 (-2)
Jordan Davidson 4-10 (-6)
Ryan Kelly 6-18 (-12)
Per 40 Minutes
Brian Zoubek +45.7
Kyle Singler +45.2
Jon Scheyer +36.4
Lance Thomas +21.7
Mason Plumlee +13.3
Nolan Smith +12.9
Miles Plumlee +5.7
Andre Dawkins -4.2
Steve Johnson -40
Ryan Kelly -68.6
Jordan Davidson -80
Lineups
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Thomas-Zoubek (x3) 16-8 (+8)
Scheyer-Dawkins-Singler-Mason-Miles (x3) 13-5 (+8)
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Thomas-Miles (x3) 15-8 (+7)
Scheyer-Dawkins-Singler-Mason-Zoubek 6-0 (+6)
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Mason-Zoubek 7-2 (+5)
Scheyer-Dawkins-Singler-Thomas-Mason 4-3 (+1)
Scheyer-Smith-Dawkins-Singler-Thomas 0-0 (+0)
Smith-Dawkins-Kelly-Mason-Miles 0-0 (+0)
Davidson-Dawkins-Johnson-Kelly-Mason (x2) 3-5 (-2)
Smith-Dawkins-Thomas-Kelly-Miles 2-5 (-3)
Smith-Dawkins-Kelly-Mason-Zoubek 0-3 (-3)
Davidson-Dawkins-Kelly-Mason-Miles (x2) 1-5 (-4)
Scheyer-Smith-Dawkins-Mason-Miles (x2) 0-5 (-5)
Meanwhile, there's the Scheyer/Singler influence. Duke outscored UVA by 30 with Scheyer in the game and got outscored by 12 when he was out. Not to be outdone, Duke outscored UVA by 35 without Singler (when Nolan subbed in for him in the first half and Duke went with three guards, Virginia went on a quick 5-0 run) and got outscored by 17 when he was out. Yikes! Watch what happens to their net plus/minus stats when I update the totals later. Finally, it was nice to see Mason Plumlee play well when the starters were in -- just look at the difference in his stats with the other top players vs. the subs late in the game. Or, go look at the moves he forced with said subs vs. the decisions he made when playing with better players. His development going forward depends on his ability to understand a complementary role. And when he gets that, then stuff like the nice turnaround in the lane he hit (notice that he was much more patient, shot at the top of his jump, stayed on balance) becomes a great bonus.
Anyway, on to the numbers ...
Individuals
Kyle Singler 61-26 (+35)
Jon Scheyer 61-31 (+30)
Brian Zoubek 29-13 (+16)
Lance Thomas 37-24 (+13)
Nolan Smith 40-31 (+9)
Mason Plumlee 34-28 (+6)
Miles Plumlee 31-28 (+3)
Andre Dawkins 29-31 (-2)
Steve Johnson 3-5 (-2)
Jordan Davidson 4-10 (-6)
Ryan Kelly 6-18 (-12)
Per 40 Minutes
Brian Zoubek +45.7
Kyle Singler +45.2
Jon Scheyer +36.4
Lance Thomas +21.7
Mason Plumlee +13.3
Nolan Smith +12.9
Miles Plumlee +5.7
Andre Dawkins -4.2
Steve Johnson -40
Ryan Kelly -68.6
Jordan Davidson -80
Lineups
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Thomas-Zoubek (x3) 16-8 (+8)
Scheyer-Dawkins-Singler-Mason-Miles (x3) 13-5 (+8)
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Thomas-Miles (x3) 15-8 (+7)
Scheyer-Dawkins-Singler-Mason-Zoubek 6-0 (+6)
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Mason-Zoubek 7-2 (+5)
Scheyer-Dawkins-Singler-Thomas-Mason 4-3 (+1)
Scheyer-Smith-Dawkins-Singler-Thomas 0-0 (+0)
Smith-Dawkins-Kelly-Mason-Miles 0-0 (+0)
Davidson-Dawkins-Johnson-Kelly-Mason (x2) 3-5 (-2)
Smith-Dawkins-Thomas-Kelly-Miles 2-5 (-3)
Smith-Dawkins-Kelly-Mason-Zoubek 0-3 (-3)
Davidson-Dawkins-Kelly-Mason-Miles (x2) 1-5 (-4)
Scheyer-Smith-Dawkins-Mason-Miles (x2) 0-5 (-5)