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The Steal and The Shot

threw up a turn-around jumper. He made THE SHOT. Duke had finally beaten Kentucky, 104 to 103. The next weekend Duke beat Indiana and Virginia to win back-to-back National Championships – the first time since UCLA did it in1973.

Coach “K” called a time out. He called for the “Home Run” play. A desperation play, only used when there were a few seconds left on the clock. Duke had practiced this play several times, and they had used it in a game. But it didn’t work, they lost that game. It called for Grant Hill to make a long pass to Christian Laettner. Coach “K” asked Grant, “can you make the pass?” He said ‘Yes!” He asked Christian, “Can you make the shot?” He replied, “If he makes the pass I’ll catch it.” Christian thought to himself, “Don’t RUSH. You have a couple of seconds.”

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Grant made the pass. Christian caught the ball. He faked right, took one dribble left, and