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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – Brendan Haywood had a lot on his mind when
he stepped to the free-throw line with 1.2 seconds left Thursday
night.
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The game between No. 2 North Carolina and No. 4 Duke was tied
83-83. Haywood is one of the poorest free-throw shooters on North
Carolina, and although he did make two big ones last Sunday in a
win over North Carolina State, he had had trouble at this basket
before.
When he was a freshman, he missed two free throws late and Duke
beat the Tar Heels by two points. He was also thinking of Duke's
recent remarkable comeback win over Maryland.
The 7-foot senior, who entered shooting 48 percent from the
line, got the last laugh this time as he made both and the Tar
Heels beat the Blue Devils 85-83 in the latest chapter of one of
the greatest rivalries in college basketball.
"I was definitely remembering those free throws. That was the
first thing that was running through my mind," he said of the two
he missed in Cameron Indoor Stadium when he was a freshman. "But I
just had to focus and go ahead and follow through and think of my
mechanics. Luckily, they went in for me. There's a lot to be said
about luck."
His success at the line came on a night when Duke had one of its
poorest efforts from there.
The Tar Heels (18-2, 8-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their
15th straight game and snapped Duke's five-game winning streak in
the series.
The loss also snapped the nine-game overall winning streak for
Duke (19-2, 7-1), which shot 13-for-27 from the free-throw line.
The Blue Devils entered shooting 72 percent from the line, the
second-best mark in the league.
Duke called a timeout after Haywood's free throws, and the final
play drawn by coach Mike Krzyzewski almost worked.
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Fans get rowdy |
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – About 6,000 fans took to the street and
started two bonfires after North Carolina's victory
over Duke. One car was overturned and fans jumped on another one, police
spokeswoman Jane Cousins said. No injuries were reported.
No charges had been filed by Friday morning, although Cousins said police were
still investigating.
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Mike Dunleavy inbounded the ball from the baseline and found
Chris Duhon just barely on the same side of midcourt. Duhon's heave
hit the back of the rim.
"North Carolina played a great basketball game and I thought we
played really well but we didn't shoot the ball well, especially
from the foul line and that's been a huge thing for us,"
Krzyzewski said. "I think the emotion of the game, sometimes you
want it too much and that's what I sensed from our kids right from
the beginning. They were too ready, too emotional."
Duke shot 39 percent (29-for-73), including 12-for-35 from
3-point range.
Joseph Forte had 24 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for
North Carolina, while Jason Capel had 20 points and Haywood 14
points and 10 rebounds.
Forte's 16 rebounds were the most ever by a North Carolina
guard.
"Joe was huge. He did a great job chasing down long rebounds,"
said Matt Doherty, the former Tar Heels player coaching in his
first Carolina-Duke game. "It was the typical game you expect from
Duke-Carolina, and we're lucky Duke wasn't as sharp tonight. They
missed a lot of free throws they don't miss and tonight was the
night."
Jason Williams, who led Duke to its remarkable 10-point comeback
in the final minute of regulation in Saturday's overtime win over
Maryland, had 32 points, while Nate James and Shane Battier each
added 15.
Battier, who fouled out when he crashed into Haywood with 1.2
seconds left, also had 12 rebounds.
"I was just trying to make a play on the ball like a defensive
back would," Battier said. "I got called for pass interference I
guess."
Krzyzewski didn't complain about the call on the play 30 feet
from the basket.
"You'd like to see something with a shot going, but they see it
and they call it," he said. "We're big boys. We still had an
opportunity to win and I thought Chris' shot was in."
North Carolina shot 51 percent (34-for-66) and managed to match
Duke's 13 free throws in nine less attempts. The Tar Heels entered
shooting 64 percent from the line, worst in the ACC.
Duke, which trailed 41-34 at halftime, made one of its patented
runs early in the second half to get back in it.
Battier had two 3-pointers and Williams added another in an 11-2
run that brought Duke within 47-45 with 16:13 to play.
Duke got the lead for the first time since 6-5 on a jumper by
Williams with 14:21 left. There were five more lead changes and
four ties the rest of the way as Cameron Indoor Stadium heated up
as the clock wound down.
Free throws also played a big part for North Carolina with 1:28
left and the Tar Heels leading 76-71.
Battier fouled Ronald Curry near halfcourt and Curry went down
holding his left thigh. The officials allowed North Carolina to
make an injury substitution and Curry, a 41 percent free-throw
shooter, was replaced by Max Owens, who shoots 80 percent. Owens
made both and the Tar Heels led 78-71.
Duke tied it for the last time with 9.3 seconds left on a
3-pointer by Dunleavy, who had missed his first five 3-point
attempts. He finished with 12 points.
"You're not going to get many opportunities to beat Duke,"
Haywood said. "Maryland missed an opportunity and I didn't want to
go down like that. I didn't want to see myself on TV as part of an
instant classic."
This was the 107th meeting between the schools when at least one
was ranked, the 51st when both were ranked and the ninth when both
were in the Top 5.
Duke's last two wins were both against Top Ten teams – Wake
Forest and Maryland.
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