Breaking down the UNLV basketball game against No. 5 Duke at 2:15 p.m. Saturday at T-Mobile Arena:
BACKCOURT
Duke starts four guards, with Grayson Allen a national Player of the Year candidate entering the season. But now Allen, who averages 15.9 points, hasn’t even been the best player on his team. That would be Luke Kennard, who averages 20.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists and has made 41 percent of his 3-pointers.
Edge: Duke
FRONTCOURT
Amile Jefferson (15.6 points, 10.3 rebounds) averages a double-double for the Blue Devils. Jayson Tatum missed the first eight Duke games because of a foot injury, but has shown in his first two games why he was the Gatorade national Player of the Year last season, averaging 16.