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NBA BLUE DEVILS 10 DEVILS REACH NBA PLAYOFFS


The NBA playoffs kicked off on April 16th with 10 Blue Devils participating in the postseason. Here is a quick regular-season recap of the 13 Duke players who played in the NBA this past season…


SHANE BATTIER, the 2001 National Player of the Year and national champ, was dealt to Memphis at the NBA trade deadline this season. Since returning to the team that drafted him out of Duke, Shane averaged 5.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG and 1.4 APG in 23 games while playing his usual lockdown defense.


CARLOS BOOZER was a major reason why the Chicago Bulls entered the playoffs with the best record in the NBA (62-20) and the top seed in the East. The 2002 Duke All-American averaged 17.5 PPG and 9.6 RPG during the regular season. He teams with Derrick Rose (USA Basketball player with Coach K this past summer) and Luol Deng (former Duke player) to lead the Bulls charge in the Windy City.


ELTON BRAND, 1999 National Player of the Year and the first pick of the ’99 draft, teamed with head coach Doug Collins (father of Duke coach Chris Collins) and the rest of the Philadelphia 76ers to orchestrate one of the NBA’s biggest turn-around seasons this year. Elton averaged 15.0 PPG and 8.3 RPG as the 76ers won 14 more games this season and finished with a 41-41 regular-season record.


LUOL DENG, a lottery pick in 2004 after an All-ACC campaign at Duke, averaged 17.4 PPG, 5.8 RPG and 2.8 SPG for the Bulls while also providing his typical versatile defensive skills. With Deng, Boozer and Rose, the Bulls are not only positioned to make a run at the NBA title this year but also should be contenders for years to come.


CHRIS DUHON, a 2004 All-American at Duke, served as a reserve guard for Orlando in his first season with the Magic. The 2001 national champion averaged 2.5 PPG and 2.3 APG in about 15 minutes per game this year as the Magic finished with a 52-30 record and the fourth seed in the East.


MIKE DUNLEAVY is part of a trio of Blue Devils on the Indiana Pacers (along with Josh


FACT


Luol Deng (and Carlos Boozer) helped the Bulls finish the regular season with the NBA’s best record.


MOST ALUMS IN THE 2011 NBA PLAYOFFS


1. DUKE


2. Kansas 2. Florida 4. UCLA


10 8 8 7


11 of Duke’s 13 former players in the NBA this season were part of at least one Blue Devil Final Four squad. The 13 players combined to win six national titles.


44 DUKE BASKETBALL


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