C.B. Claiborne On Being Duke’s First Black Basketball Player
THE FLATS — Georgia Tech men’s basketball pushed No. 2 Duke to the brink, however a scoring drought over the final three minutes doomed it within the 73-sixty four loss on Wednesday at McCamish Pavilion. As the team came out of the tunnel my daughter exclaimed, There they are…like proper there.” And finally, the second that each lifelong Duke fan waits for…the GOAT comes out of the tunnel and Duke fans stand in reverence. My daughter is speechless as Coach K walks to the bench and on to his customary handshake with the opposing coaches. The sport was up and down, because the Tech crowd seemed to smell blood and was hungry for an enormous upset. However behind the steady hand of Tre Jones and the clutch spectacular play of Cassius Stanley, Duke pulls away and finishes the job they came to do.
SPARKING THE OFFENSE: Tre Jones has either …
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The Los Angeles Lakers (9-2) cruised past the Golden State Warriors (2-10) 120-ninety four at Staples Heart Wednesday evening. 1. The East is profitable extra games in opposition to the West. DeRozan and the Spurs are 17-21 on the season. They are in ninth place in the NBA’s Western Conference standings. DeRozan is averaging 22.4 points , 5.three rebounds and 5.0 assists in 38 video games while shooting fifty three.5 p.c from the sphere, 32.0 % from past the arc and 82.7 percent from the free-throw line.