What an ending to a game!! Duke gave up an eleven point lead in the last four minutes of the game and Virginia Tech scored to go ahead by one point with just 1.6 seconds remaining. The camera panned the home crowd and the look on the faces of the Duke fans was one of disbelief, distraught. Just as I had settled myself to the reality that Duke would suffer it's first loss of the season, Sean Dockery caught the inbound pass from McRoberts just past the half court line, took one step and shot the ball (he called it a "JJ" shot) and the ball went in.
The Dukies pulled off an amazing win at the end to win 77-75. And the crowd went wild!!! Check at the Duke photo gallery from the game at www.goduke.com and the AP Photo gallery as well.After the game interview with
Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski
Opening Comments
“I thought if there was one kid that was really deserving -- you have to be a little bit lucky -- but (Sean Dockery) played so well in the second half. Virginia Tech, I thought outplayed us. We got that lead, and then we missed shots. We missed real good shots. But then the thing that I was disappointed in was we did not play defense. You cannot lose the game if you play defense. You can miss some shots and miss free throws, but at the end of the day you can still play defense. Their kids played great. I thought Sean had won the game when he stole the ball at half court. I was surprised with the outcome of that play. It’s a great play. You dive for the ball. But sometimes those basketball gods work in mysterious ways. I thought he made a winning play there, and he ended up making the winning shot.”
On the last play
“With getting the clock right with 1.6 or whatever it was supposed to be -- obviously it was more than a second when they made their shot -- Johnny Dawkins made a great call for us. Josh can really throw the ball, so we were going to use Shelden as a screener and then send him to the basket, in the area around the basket in the lane, try to make a long pass to him. You’re in the double bonus, so there’s the chance that you’ll get fouled or make a shot. I mean, 1.6, you can catch it, you can shoot. Obviously there’s time to dribble. While they were setting up their defense, Sean was supposed to screen for J.J. We were going to bring him around so he’d have momentum in case Shelden wasn’t, so we’d have two options. However, as they were getting set, Johnny saw that they weren’t playing Sean. So he just told Sean to go right where Sean went. The pass was a great pass. It was right on the money, and he was open. Johnny saw that he was open and told him what to do. Sean got it and had a great look and knocked it down. So Johnny and Sean really combined to win the ball game for us. It was a heads-up play by my associate head coach and a great shot by my senior guard. I’m glad I was on their bus tonight. The one I was driving was going into the ditch.”
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