Battier Lights It Up Early for Duke, then McAdoo, Worthy and Jordan Respond for UNC

Who cares about Saturday's 6:30 pm Duke v UNC game when we had the big showdown the night before between the all-time players for both schools!

Like Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game I don't have actual footage to prove it happened :-) but here is the play by play of the final of three games between the only schools with five all-time great players in the Value Add Basketball Game.

If you'd rather jump to the final box score click here.

Duke's all-time team came out on fire from deep. Current Coach Jon Scheyer hit a 3-pointer with 41 possessions to play to give them the 27-24 lead. Then Shane Battier hit consecutive 3-pointers, scored again on the next trip, and then Johnny Dawkins had the traditional 3-point play with an and-one and Duke led 38-27 with 37 possessions to play.

As you may guess - Bob McAdoo's dominant inside play and then the suffocating backcourt of Michael Jordan and James Worthy brought UNC back with some great stretches from 1950s star Billy Cunningham. Here is the play-by-play of the Final game of our Round Robin, with both having already played UCLA in the first two games.

If you want to play your own fantasy game or league, you can draft from the 120 all-time great players listed alphabetically from Abdul-Jabbar to Worthy.

We will add the box and a few other notes at the bottom after the initial post of this play-by-play. 

 

UNC	Duke	Poss	UNC Player	Result		Duke Player	Result
21	20	44	Bob McAdoo	1		Christian Laettner	Foul
22		Chart	Bob McAdoo	1
	21		Vince Carter	foul		Shane Battier	1
	22					Shane Battier	1
		43	Michael Jordan	miss		Christian Laettner	Reb
		5-C	Bob McAdoo	block		Christian Laettner	miss
			Billy Cunningham	reb
		42	Billy Cunningham	TO		Justise Winslow	Steal
	24	Chart				Jon Scheyer	2
						off fast break
24		41	Michael Jordan	dunk
	27	4-PF				Jon Scheyer	3
26		40	Michael Jordan	2
	30	Chart				Shane Battier	3
		39	Michael Jordan	miss		Shane Battier	Reb
	33	3-SF				Shane Battier	3
		34	Billy Cunningham	0		Justise Winslow	Foul
27		Chart	Billy Cunningham	1
	35					Shane Battier	2
27	35		Halftime Score
		37	Billy Cunningham	to
	37	2-SG	Michael Jordan	foul		Johnny Dawkins	2
	38					Johnny Dawkins	1
29		36	Bob McAdoo	2
		Chart	Michael Jordan	Steal		Johnny Dawkins	to
31		35	Billy Cunningham	2
		1-PG	off fast break
						Christian Laettner	to
		34	Billy Cunningham	to
		Chart	James Worthy	block		Jon Scheyer	miss
			Vince Carter	reb
		33	Billy Cunningham	miss		Shane Battier	Reb
		High Def	James Worthy	foul		Jon Scheyer	0
	39					Jon Scheyer	1
33		32	Bob McAdoo	2
		Chart	James Worthy	foul		Jon Scheyer	0
	40					Jon Scheyer	1
35		31	Bob McAdoo	2
		5-C	Bob McAdoo	reb		Christian Laettner	miss
37		30	Billy Cunningham	2
	42	Chart				Christian Laettner	2
39		29	Billy Cunningham	2
	44	4-PF	Billy Cunningham	foul		Justise Winslow	2
			Billy Cunningham	reb		Justise Winslow	0
41		28	Billy Cunningham	2
	47	Chart				Shane Battier	3
43		27	Bob McAdoo	2
	49	3-SF				Justise Winslow	2
		26	Vince Carter	miss
		Chart	Bob McAdoo	Oreb
45			Bob McAdoo	2		Christian Laettner	Foul
46			Bob McAdoo	1
			Bob McAdoo	block		Christian Laettner	miss
			James Worthy	reb
47		2-SG	Billy Cunningham	1		Justise Winslow	Foul
48			Billy Cunningham	1
			James Worthy	reb		Shane Battier	miss
		24	James Worthy	to		Jon Scheyer	Steal
		Chart	Bob McAdoo			Shane Battier	miss
						off fast break
		23	Billy Cunningham	miss		Justise Winslow	block
		1-PG				Johnny Dawkins	Reb
						Justise Winslow	to
50		22	Billy Cunningham	dunk
		Chart	Michael Jordan	Steal		Johnny Dawkins	to
		21	Michael Jordan	0		Johnny Dawkins	Foul
51		High Def	Michael Jordan	1
			off fast break
	52					Shane Battier	3
54		20	Billy Cunningham	3
		Chart				Christian Laettner	TO
54	52		12-minutes mark
56		19	Bob McAdoo	2
		5-C	James Worthy	reb		Jon Scheyer	miss
		18	Michael Jordan	TO		Johnny Dawkins	Steal
		Chart	Bob McAdoo	block		Christian Laettner	miss
			Billy Cunningham	reb
		17	Bob McAdoo	miss		Justise Winslow
		4-PF	Billy Cunningham	reb		Jon Scheyer	miss
58		16	Michael Jordan	2
		Chart	Bob McAdoo	Steal		Christian Laettner	to
		15	James Worthy	miss		Jon Scheyer	block
	54	3-SF	Bob McAdoo	foul		Christian Laettner	2
	55					Christian Laettner	1
		14	Vince Carter	miss		Shane Battier	block
		Chart				Justise Winslow	reb
			Michael Jordan	reb		Johnny Dawkins	miss
		13	Vince Carter	miss		Shane Battier	block
		2-SG	Michael Jordan	reb		Jon Scheyer
		12	Vince Carter	miss		Shane Battier	block
		Chart				Christian Laettner	reb
						Jon Scheyer	TO
		11	Vince Carter	miss		Johnny Dawkins	reb
	57	1-PG				Justise Winslow	2
		10	Michael Jordan	TO
		Chart	James Worthy	Steal		Jon Scheyer	TO
		9	James Worthy	TO		Shane Battier	Steal
		High Def	Bob McAdoo			Jon Scheyer	miss
		8	Bob McAdoo	miss		Christian Laettner	reb
		5-C	James Worthy	block		Jon Scheyer	miss
			Bob McAdoo	reb
59		7	Billy Cunningham	1		Justise Winslow	Foul
60		Chart	Billy Cunningham	1
	59					Christian Laettner	2
62		7-extra	Vince Carter	2
		Chart	James Worthy	block		Jon Scheyer	miss
			Vince Carter	reb
62	59		4-minute mark
		6	Billy Cunningham	miss		Justise Winslow	reb
		4-PF	James Worthy	block		Jon Scheyer	miss
			Billy Cunningham
		5	Vince Carter	miss		Shane Battier	block
		Chart				Justise Winslow	reb
			Bob McAdoo	block		Johnny Dawkins	miss
			Billy Cunningham
		4	Vince Carter	TO		Shane Battier	Steal
		4-PF	Michael Jordan	reb		Johnny Dawkins	miss
65		3	Michael Jordan	3
	60	Chart	Billy Cunningham	foul		Justise Winslow	1
	61					Justise Winslow	1
		3-extra	Billy Cunningham	TO
		Chart	Michael Jordan	block		Johnny Dawkins	miss
						Justise Winslow	Oreb
						Justise Winslow	miss
			Billy Cunningham	reb
		2	James Worthy	miss		Christian Laettner	reb
		5-C	Bob McAdoo	reb		Christian Laettner	miss
		1	Michael Jordan	0		Johnny Dawkins	Foul
66		Chart	Michael Jordan	1		intentional foul-clock
			Bob McAdoo	block		Christian Laettner	miss
			Bob McAdoo	reb
68		1-extra	Bob McAdoo	2
		Chart	skip			Shane Battier	miss
						Shane Battier	Oreb
	63		James Worthy	foul		Jon Scheyer	2
						Jon Scheyer	0
			Bob McAdoo	reb		intentional miss
68	63		Final

UNC is the champion of our round robin at 2-0, UCLA finishes second at 1-1, and Duke finishes 3rd at 0-2.