PLAYERS:
Austin Rivers,
Tyler Zeller,
Ryan Kelly,
Mason Plumlee,
John Henson,
Tyler Thornton,
Seth Curry
TEAMS: North Carolina Tar Heels, Duke Blue Devils
TEAMS: North Carolina Tar Heels, Duke Blue Devils
The Duke Blue Devils were down by 10 82-72 to the North Carolina Tar Heels with 2:35 left in the game. Then the Blue Devils finished the game on a 13 to 2 run and beat the Tar Heels on a last second three pointer by Austin Rivers and won the game 85-84. The Key to this comeback was North Carolina missed free throws and turnovers but three missed calls by the officials also helped. Below I will explain the missed calls by the zebras and show the video proof.
1. First is maybe the craziest play of the game when North Carolina’s Tyler Zeller tipped in a miss three pointer from Duke’s Ryan Kelly. However as replays show Zeller got shoved in the back by Duke’s Mason Plumlee. There is no question that the shove in the back most likely caused Zeller to tip the ball in the basket . This should have been a foul on Duke and North Carolina’s ball. This cut the North Carolina lead to 1 with 18 seconds left.
2. Next when Duke was still down 10 with 2 :20 Ryan Kelly airballed a three pointer but ...
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