If you chose to not watch this game because you were spending time with your friends and family for Thanksgiving, you may have saved your blood pressure. The Tar Heels were in the fight of their lives against the Portland Pilots for most of their opening game in the Phil Knight Invitational, and while the 89-81 score doesn’t sound that bad, things were way closer than they appear. How close, you ask? Portland led in this one for 13:49, and if it weren’t for lots of foul calls on the Pilots, we would’ve been discussing a massive upset.
Caleb Love came to play in this game, and while his second half was pretty rough at times, he had a near-perfect first half.