Stray Gator
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One interesting feature I noticed from Duke's offense during this game: It seemed that our players were initiating the action earlier in the shot clock by driving aggressively to the basket more frequently than I can recall having seen from any Duke teams in recent memory. As the game went on, I mentioned that to my son, who attended the game with me, and we speculated that this aggressive attack approach was probably by design for two reasons: First, this team has an exceptionally deep bench, with sufficient talent and experience to alleviate customary concerns about fatigue or foul trouble. And second, these players appear to be ideally suited for the drive-and-kick-out approach, because the coaches can put several on the court at the same time who combine excellent passing and outside shooting skills. I'll be curious to see whether Jon gives them the same latitude in games that are more closely contested.