Duke searching for answers offensively in Ryan Kelly’s absence

It’s no secret that the Blue Devils haven’t been the same team since Ryan Kelly went out with an injured right foot during their game with Clemson on January 8th. Duke has lost two of its three games, including an embarrassing 27-point defeat to Miami on Wednesday night. After it was clear that Kelly would miss significant time, many people speculated that he would be missed most on the defensive side of the ball as Duke’s offense was clicking at a high level and they had multiple other weapons with the ability to score. Replacing the 13 points a game that Kelly was producing has not been as easy as anticipated. Without Kelly, Duke has scored nine points less per contest, with their lowest output of the season coming against Miami at 63. More remarkably, their field goal percentage has dipped by an astounding 13%, and they’ve only made a little over 1/3rd of their shots in the last three games. The threat of Ryan making shots from outside created spacing that opened up driving lanes...