Duke, State put on an epic game in the ACC tournament

People will be talking about this game for a long time due

Duke and State put on an absolute classic ACC Tournament Wednesday afternoon.

Duke won 92-89, but it was a hard-fought win to say the least, with both teams getting banged up.

Barber cat appeared to hurt the shoulder again in the second half and went before returning. He favored his shoulder for some time.

Marshall Plumlee then appeared to break his nose. He went to the bench to stop bleeding and when he returned, it was like a wrecking crew. Back to that.

The first half was worthy of Everett Case and Vic Bubas, as was the speed of racehorse. State shot 62.9% and 60% in triples. Duke on the clock at 61.3% and 50% of the deep.

Barbero was 15 years in the middle, while Abdul-Malik Abu Caleb Martin had 11 and 12. Maverick Rowan finished the half with nine.

Brandon Ingram was 19 at the middle but tight ankle. It is not known how hassled on Thursday.

Luke Kennard had 11 in the counter area.

As it turned out, the first half was only warming up for a half second game passion.

You could probably start when Plumlee was hit in the nose with 8:03 left and Duke up 81-75.

Or maybe when tested again with 5:26 left. Plumlee was the complete hulk mode state. It took inbounds pass directly to the hole, missed, took the rebound, got the ball back and returned to the basket - and the line.

Duke started to pull away and had a nine-point lead to 86-77 with 5:13 left. State looked tired and played.

And then, suddenly, the State was not tired. No longer.

Jack Barbero made a four-point play to cut the lead, causing Jeff Capel to bury his face in his hands.

As it was a five-point game again.

Kennard put a bridge hanging on the rim on as long as possible befoere fall.

Maverick Rown was lost and Kennard grabbed the rebound.

Allen missed a long three and Barber went coast to coast with the rebound to cut back to 83-88.

After a timeout, Plumlee lost the ball and Allen was called for a flagrant foul in Barber, who was out of racing. Barber split free throws and then Allen picked up his fourth foul - nervous time for Duke.

Barbero was fouled by Matt Jones on another drive and Barber split again to make it 88-85 with 2:52 left.

Jones missed on a drive and Barber shook Allen to make it 88-87.

Allen was fouled and split his shots to give Duke a lead of two points.

State of Cody Martin threw a nice fake Ingram and has a floater in the lane to tie it 89-89.

State had gone on a 12-3 run at this point in less than four minutes.

Ingram drove and missed but Plumlee got the rebound and scored and Cody Martin, who fouled out drew the foul.

Plumlee missing the shot was the last point of the game.

Rowan launched a three-challenged with about a minute left, which was lost.

Drove Allen left with 02 left on the shotclock and his shot was blocked out by Caleb Martin with: 30.8 left.

Kennard launched a shot that was lucky to get off and headed back Downcourt State. Barber driving and tried to pass it to Beejay Anya, who did not see coming.

State flied out then Kennard, a shooter of free throws almost 90%, with: 1.3 left.

Kennard shot was short and Abu grabbed the rebound: State timeout.

The clock is reset to 0.2 and the ball was State barber who crossed midfield and let it fly ... and was not around.

It was an amazing game and we feel bad for State because the team played certainly well enough to win.

It's not so bad, though.

Barbero finished with 29 points and seven assists. Abu had 19 points and nine rebounds. Caleb Martin had 16, while Maverick Rowan added 15.

For Duke, Plumlee was huge, accumulating 17 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks. Kennard and Ingram both had 22 while Allen had 19.

Chase Jeter had one of his best games off the bench, scoring five points and grabbing three boards. Thornton had four points and three assists.

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