| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Graham Strong (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Mills (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Marvin Valente (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Huang-fu Huang (fresh) 4 pts. C - Kenneth Brown (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Dusty Grosky (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Orlando Marsala (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Richard Brayton (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Thomas Burns (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - George Keen (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente inbounds the ball | 29-33 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:44 | Kentucky | Huang-fu Huang can't finish the layup | 29-33 |
| 19:43 | Kentucky | Graham Strong tips it but misses | 29-33 |
| 19:42 | Duke | George Keen grabs the defensive rebound | 29-33 |
| 19:20 | Duke | Orlando Marsala hits a 3 from the right corner | 29-36 |
| 19:13 | Kentucky | Mark Mills scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Kenneth Brown | 32-36 |
| 18:44 | Duke | Orlando Marsala misses long on an open 3pt shot from the right corner | 32-36 |
| 18:42 | Kentucky | Graham Strong grabs the board | 32-36 |
| 18:27 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente misses short on a floater from the right block but the foul's on Richard Brayton - foul #1 on Richard Brayton, team foul #1 | 32-36 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael (PF), Thomas Good (C) Huang-fu Huang, Kenneth Brown | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 18:27 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente makes the 1st free throw | 33-36 |
| 18:27 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente makes the 2nd free throw | 34-36 |
| 17:58 | Duke | Thomas Burns is whistled for traveling | 34-36 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Adkins (PG), Johnnie Stone (SG), Tyrone Powell (SF) Graham Strong, Mark Mills, Marvin Valente | |
| Subs | Duke | David Stoughton (SG) Orlando Marsala | |
| 17:41 | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone misses long on a shot from the left side | 34-36 |
| 17:40 | Kentucky | Thomas Good tips it back up and in | 36-36 |
| 17:11 | Duke | Richard Brayton can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline | 36-36 |
| 17:10 | Kentucky | Robert Adkins pulls down the rebound | 36-36 |
| 16:48 | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone is fouled on the floor by Dusty Grosky - foul #1 on Dusty Grosky, team foul #2 | 36-36 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Graham Strong (PG), Huang-fu Huang (PF), Kenneth Brown (C) Robert Adkins, Ronald Raphael, Thomas Good | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 16:36 | Kentucky | Dusty Grosky steals the ball from Johnnie Stone | 36-36 |
| 16:11 | Duke | Kenneth Brown steals it from David Stoughton | 36-36 |
| 15:49 | Kentucky | Graham Strong can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 36-36 |
| 15:47 | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone tips it home | 38-36 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Graham Strong (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Johnnie Stone (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Tyrone Powell (fairly fresh) PF - Huang-fu Huang (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Kenneth Brown (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Dusty Grosky (tiring) 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - David Stoughton (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Brayton (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Thomas Burns (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - George Keen (tiring) 2 reb. | |
| 15:23 | Duke | David Stoughton throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-36 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Adkins (PG), Mark Mills (SG), Marvin Valente (SF), Ronald Raphael (PF), Thomas Good (C) Graham Strong, Johnnie Stone, Tyrone Powell, Huang-fu Huang, Kenneth Brown | |
| Subs | Duke | David McGrail (PG), Orlando Marsala (SG), Maurice Lear (SF), Reginald Covert (PF), Gary Foster (C) Dusty Grosky, David Stoughton, Richard Brayton, Thomas Burns, George Keen | |
| 15:03 | Kentucky | Thomas Good is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Thomas Good, team foul #1 | 38-36 |
| 14:57 | Duke | Orlando Marsala is fouled in the backcourt by Mark Mills - foul #2 on Mark Mills, team foul #2 | 38-36 |
| 14:28 | Duke | Maurice Lear hits the finger roll set up by David McGrail | 38-38 |
| 14:06 | Kentucky | Mark Mills steps out of bounds on the baseline | 38-38 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Graham Strong (PG), Huang-fu Huang (PF), Kenneth Brown (C) Robert Adkins, Ronald Raphael, Thomas Good | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 13:45 | Duke | Orlando Marsala hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 38-38 |
| 13:43 | Kentucky | Huang-fu Huang gets the rebound | 38-38 |
| 13:25 | Kentucky | Orlando Marsala steals it from Graham Strong | 38-38 |
| 13:22 | Duke | Maurice Lear throws it down on a great pass from Orlando Marsala | 38-40 |
| 12:58 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown misses short on a turnaround near the basket | 38-40 |
| 12:57 | Duke | Maurice Lear gets the rebound | 38-40 |
| 12:55 | Duke | David McGrail is called for traveling in the backcourt | 38-40 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone (SG), Tyrone Powell (SF), Ronald Raphael (PF), Allen Fisk (C) Mark Mills, Marvin Valente, Huang-fu Huang, Kenneth Brown | |
| Subs | Duke | Dusty Grosky (PG), David Stoughton (SG), Richard Brayton (SF), Thomas Burns (PF), George Keen (C) David McGrail, Orlando Marsala, Maurice Lear, Reginald Covert, Gary Foster | |
| 12:47 | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone scores on a jumper from the baseline set up by Graham Strong and he's fouled by David Stoughton - foul #1 on David Stoughton, team foul #3 | 40-40 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Adkins (PG) Graham Strong | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 12:47 | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone makes the free throw | 41-40 |
| 12:28 | Duke | Thomas Burns knocks in the jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by David Stoughton | 41-42 |
| 12:09 | Kentucky | Robert Adkins misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 41-42 |
| 12:08 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-42 |
| 11:48 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael is hacked by Thomas Burns - foul #2 on Thomas Burns, team foul #4 | 41-42 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Graham Strong (PG), Mark Mills (SG), Huang-fu Huang (PF), Thomas Good (C) Robert Adkins, Johnnie Stone, Ronald Raphael, Allen Fisk | |
| Subs | Duke | David McGrail (PG) Dusty Grosky | |
| 11:34 | Kentucky | Thomas Good dunks the ball and the foul's on Richard Brayton - foul #2 on Richard Brayton, team foul #5 | 43-42 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (SF), Kenneth Brown (C) Tyrone Powell, Huang-fu Huang | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 11:34 | Kentucky | Thomas Good makes the free throw | 44-42 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Graham Strong (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Mills (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Jackson (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Thomas Good (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Kenneth Brown (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - David McGrail (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Stoughton (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Richard Brayton (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Thomas Burns (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - George Keen (tiring) 2 reb. | |
| 11:14 | Duke | David Stoughton is by himself and knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing set up by George Keen | 44-45 |
| 10:56 | Kentucky | Mark Mills misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Thomas Burns - foul #3 on Thomas Burns, team foul #6 | 44-45 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Duke | Orlando Marsala (SG), Reginald Covert (PF), Gary Foster (C) David Stoughton, Thomas Burns, George Keen | |
| 10:56 | Kentucky | Mark Mills makes the 1st free throw | 45-45 |
| 10:56 | Kentucky | Mark Mills makes the 2nd free throw | 46-45 |
| 10:53 | Duke | John Jackson is called for the reach on Richard Brayton in the backcourt - foul #1 on John Jackson, team foul #3 | 46-45 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Duke | Maurice Lear (SF) Richard Brayton | |
| 10:25 | Duke | Orlando Marsala connects on the open 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by David McGrail | 46-48 |
| 10:12 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-48 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Adkins (PG), Johnnie Stone (SG), Marvin Valente (SF), Ronald Raphael (PF), Allen Fisk (C) Graham Strong, Mark Mills, John Jackson, Kenneth Brown, Thomas Good | |
| Subs | Duke | Dusty Grosky (PG) David McGrail | |
| 09:49 | Duke | Gary Foster connects on the open turnaround from the right block | 46-50 |
| 09:31 | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone double dribbles | 46-50 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Duke | David Stoughton (SG), Richard Brayton (SF), George Keen (C) Orlando Marsala, Reginald Covert, Gary Foster | |
| 09:07 | Duke | David Stoughton clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 46-50 |
| 09:05 | Duke | Maurice Lear tips it in | 46-52 |
| 08:46 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael throws it down | 48-52 |
| 08:27 | Duke | David Stoughton connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from George Keen | 48-55 |
| 08:15 | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone scores on a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Robert Adkins | 50-55 |
| 08:13 | Duke | Dusty Grosky is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 50-55 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Graham Strong (PG), Mark Mills (SG), Tyrone Powell (SF), Huang-fu Huang (PF), Kenneth Brown (C) Robert Adkins, Johnnie Stone, Marvin Valente, Ronald Raphael, Allen Fisk | |
| Subs | Duke | David McGrail (PG), Orlando Marsala (SG), Thomas Burns (PF), Gary Foster (C) Dusty Grosky, David Stoughton, Maurice Lear, George Keen | |
| 08:04 | Kentucky | Graham Strong is whistled for traveling | 50-55 |
| 07:39 | Duke | Richard Brayton is open and lays it up and in set up by Thomas Burns | 50-57 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Graham Strong (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Mills (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tyrone Powell (fresh) PF - Huang-fu Huang (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Kenneth Brown (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - David McGrail (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Orlando Marsala (fresh) 18 pts. SF - Richard Brayton (tiring) 7 pts. PF - Thomas Burns (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Gary Foster (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 07:20 | Kentucky | Mark Mills buries a fadeaway from the right wing | 52-57 |
| 06:56 | Duke | Gary Foster misses the wide open jump hook from the right block | 52-57 |
| 06:54 | Duke | Gary Foster grabs the offensive board | 52-57 |
| 06:33 | Duke | Gary Foster misses the fadeaway from the right block but he's fouled by Kenneth Brown - foul #2 on Kenneth Brown, team foul #4 | 52-57 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (SF), Thomas Good (C) Tyrone Powell, Kenneth Brown | |
| Subs | Duke | David Stoughton (SG), Reginald Covert (PF) Orlando Marsala, Thomas Burns | |
| 06:33 | Duke | Gary Foster makes the 1st free throw | 52-58 |
| 06:33 | Duke | Gary Foster misses the 2nd free throw | 52-58 |
| 06:33 | Kentucky | Huang-fu Huang grabs the board | 52-58 |
| 06:08 | Kentucky | Gary Foster denies the turnaround by Mark Mills | 52-58 |
| 06:07 | Duke | Reginald Covert grabs the defensive rebound | 52-58 |
| 06:01 | Duke | Mark Mills picks off the pass by David Stoughton in the backcourt | 52-58 |
| 05:48 | Kentucky | Graham Strong throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-58 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Adkins (PG), Johnnie Stone (SG), Marvin Valente (SF), Ronald Raphael (PF) Graham Strong, Mark Mills, John Jackson, Huang-fu Huang | |
| Subs | Duke | Maurice Lear (SF), George Keen (C) Richard Brayton, Gary Foster | |
| 05:24 | Duke | Maurice Lear blows the layup | 52-58 |
| 05:22 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Marvin Valente | 52-58 |
| 05:18 | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 52-58 |
| 05:17 | Duke | David McGrail pulls down the rebound | 52-58 |
| 05:14 | Duke | Robert Adkins picks off the pass by David McGrail in the backcourt | 52-58 |
| 04:56 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Ronald Raphael, team foul #5 | 52-58 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Mark Mills (SG), Tyrone Powell (SF), Kenneth Brown (C) Johnnie Stone, Marvin Valente, Thomas Good | |
| Subs | Duke | Dusty Grosky (PG), Orlando Marsala (SG), Thomas Burns (PF) David McGrail, David Stoughton, Reginald Covert | |
| 04:42 | Duke | Orlando Marsala misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 52-58 |
| 04:41 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael grabs the defensive rebound | 52-58 |
| 04:27 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael's pass is intercepted by Orlando Marsala | 52-58 |
| 04:25 | Duke | Mark Mills steps in front of the Maurice Lear pass in the backcourt | 52-58 |
| 04:24 | Kentucky | Robert Adkins blows the layup | 52-58 |
| 04:22 | Duke | The rebound goes to Thomas Burns | 52-58 |
| 04:00 | Duke | Orlando Marsala connects on the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Dusty Grosky | 52-61 |
| 03:39 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown misses the easy layup | 52-61 |
| 03:38 | Duke | Orlando Marsala grabs the board | 52-61 |
| 03:36 | Duke | Tyrone Powell steps in front of the Thomas Burns pass in the backcourt | 52-61 |
| 03:34 | Kentucky | Robert Adkins banks in the layup on a great pass from Tyrone Powell | 54-61 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Adkins (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Mark Mills (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Tyrone Powell (fairly fresh) PF - Ronald Raphael (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Kenneth Brown (fairly fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Dusty Grosky (tiring) 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Orlando Marsala (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SF - Maurice Lear (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Thomas Burns (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - George Keen (tired) 2 reb. | |
| 03:09 | Duke | Thomas Burns's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 54-61 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Graham Strong (PG), Johnnie Stone (SG), Marvin Valente (SF), Huang-fu Huang (PF), Thomas Good (C) Robert Adkins, Mark Mills, Tyrone Powell, Ronald Raphael, Kenneth Brown | |
| Subs | Duke | David McGrail (PG), David Stoughton (SG), Richard Brayton (SF), Reginald Covert (PF), Gary Foster (C) Dusty Grosky, Orlando Marsala, Maurice Lear, Thomas Burns, George Keen | |
| 02:48 | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone clanks a jumper from the left wing | 54-61 |
| 02:47 | Duke | David McGrail grabs the defensive rebound | 54-61 |
| 02:47 | Duke | Duke calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-61 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:19 | Duke | David Stoughton hits a jumpshot from the right side set up by Richard Brayton and he's fouled by Johnnie Stone - foul #2 on Johnnie Stone, team foul #6 | 54-63 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Duke | Dusty Grosky (PG), Thomas Burns (PF) David McGrail, Reginald Covert | |
| 02:19 | Duke | David Stoughton makes the free throw | 54-64 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 02:08 | Kentucky | Graham Strong makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Johnnie Stone | 57-64 |
| 01:41 | Duke | David Stoughton clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 57-64 |
| 01:40 | Duke | Gary Foster grabs the offensive board | 57-64 |
| 01:20 | Duke | David Stoughton is by himself and knocks in the 3 from the right corner | 57-67 |
| 01:14 | Kentucky | Johnnie Stone knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Marvin Valente | 59-67 |
| 01:12 | Duke | Graham Strong is called for the reach on Dusty Grosky in the backcourt - foul #1 on Graham Strong, team foul #7 | 59-67 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Mark Mills (SG), Kenneth Brown (C) Johnnie Stone, Thomas Good | |
| Subs | Duke | Orlando Marsala (SG), George Keen (C) David Stoughton, Gary Foster | |
| 01:12 | Duke | Dusty Grosky makes the 1st free throw | 59-68 |
| 01:12 | Duke | Dusty Grosky makes the 2nd free throw | 59-69 |
| 00:53 | Kentucky | Huang-fu Huang hits a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Graham Strong | 61-69 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:52 | Duke | Dusty Grosky is fouled in the backcourt by Graham Strong - foul #2 on Graham Strong, team foul #8 | 61-69 |
| 00:52 | Duke | Dusty Grosky makes the 1st free throw | 61-70 |
| 00:52 | Duke | Dusty Grosky makes the 2nd free throw | 61-71 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:49 | Kentucky | Graham Strong's pass is intercepted by Dusty Grosky in the backcourt | 61-71 |
| 00:47 | Duke | Graham Strong is called for the reach on Dusty Grosky - foul #3 on Graham Strong, team foul #9 | 61-71 |
| 00:47 | Duke | Dusty Grosky misses the 1st free throw | 61-71 |
| 00:47 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Kenneth Brown | 61-71 |
| 00:41 | Kentucky | Mark Mills's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 61-71 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:17 | Duke | Orlando Marsala connects on the open jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Thomas Burns and he's hacked by Marvin Valente - foul #1 on Marvin Valente, team foul #10 | 61-73 |
| 00:17 | Duke | Orlando Marsala makes the free throw | 61-74 |
| 00:09 | Kentucky | Mark Mills's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 61-74 |
| 00:00 | Duke | Dusty Grosky runs out the clock | 61-74 |