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DURHAM, N.C. -- With three big men out with injuries, top-ranked Duke is leaning on its guards for a little bit of everything.Grayson Allen had 25 points and 10 rebounds, freshman Frank Jackson added 21 points and the Blue Devils beat Grand Canyon 96-61 on Saturday.We have to rebound -- the whole perimeter has to rebound, said Allen, who finished one rebound shy of his career best. We know the big guys that we do have in the game, theyre going to be battling, boxing out the other bigs, so the perimeter, we need to crash in and rebound and clean up all the loose stuff.Amile Jefferson scored 15 points, Luke Kennard finished with 14 and Matt Jones had 11 points for the short-handed Blue Devils (2-0).Once again playing without three injured freshman post players, they kept things largely in their guards hands and shot 53 percent to win their second game in less than 24 hours.I like my team a lot. We just have to keep getting better, and then once all these injuries are taken care of in some time, we can become a different team, coach Mike Krzyzewski said. Right now, we have to be this team and not think about who we could be. Our complete focus has got to be how to win with this team.Now, with those two tuneup games out of the way, the focus squarely falls on one of the marquee matchups of the early season: a date with No. 3 Kansas on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.Shaq Carr had 18 points to lead pesky Grand Canyon (0-1), which gave Duke more of a test than Marist did in a 94-49 rout a night earlier but came up empty in its second opener against a top-ranked team in three years.BIG PICTUREGrand Canyon: The Antelopes -- who lost to No. 1 Kentucky by 40 points in 2014 -- will have to be content with making things tough on Duke for a good chunk of the first half and leading for about 7 1/2 minutes of the first half behind Carr, who repeatedly found his way through the Blue Devils defense and to the rim.I didnt know what to expect, coach Dan Majerle said about a team missing three starters. I was happy with how we started off. ... I thought maybe the first 12, 13 minutes, we played pretty good and were going to learn about our team as we go along.Duke: The Blue Devils shortened their bench significantly, playing only seven players in the pre-garbage time portion of the game -- and the seventh, freshman Javin DeLaurier, logged only 6 minutes in all. Theyre trying to keep things working without injured freshman big men Harry Giles (knee), Marques Bolden (lower leg) and Jayson Tatum (foot). Krzyzewski says he doesnt anticipate having them against the Jayhawks and we may not have them all week.Whatever amount of time, whatever it is, lets just get well, Krzyzewski added. And while you guys are getting well and supporting the team, lets become a team with these nine guys. We made that a priority this past week. Were trying to figure out the system we need for this group of guys.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Blue Devils trailed for the first time this season but once again showed no reason why they should be ranked any lower than No. 1.THE COLANGELO CONNECTIONBoth coaches have strong ties to Jerry Colangelo. He was the Phoenix Suns owner when they drafted Majerle in 1988 and lured Thunder Dan to the Grand Canyon program in 2013.And with Colangelo as its chairman and Dukes Mike Krzyzewski as the coach, the U.S. national team won the last three Olympic gold medals.STAT WATCHThe Blue Devils were 21 of 31 from the free-throw line while Grand Canyon was 6 of 12. The Antelopes didnt attempt their first foul shot until just 1:44 remained in the first half -- by which point Duke had already attempted 17 and built a 39-28 lead.UP NEXTGrand Canyon: The Antelopes head to Penn State on Nov. 15 for their second game in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off.Duke: The Blue Devils get their first big test Nov. 15 when they face Kansas in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden.---Follow Joedy McCreary at http://twitter.com/joedyap---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org Los Angeles Dodgers Pro Shop . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. Wholesale Dodgers Jerseys https://www.cheapdodgersonline.com/ . Breaking three of his own world records on his way to winning in Paris, Chan silenced the critics and left the audiences standing in appreciation and awe. Custom Los Angeles Dodgers Jerseys . 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They shared the six matches they played against each other from 1997 to 2003 equally. Once, back in 1999, they played a bruising five-set final in Indian Wells that the big Australian won. Those memories are locked away from a more high-profile time in their lives, a time they can only look back on and reminisce about.Except on this Sunday, as they bustled on to the court in Hyderabad, they had the chance to taste their rivalry again, if only for a fleeting few moments. Moya and Philippoussis were the opening act of the final of this seasons International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) in Hyderabad. They would take each other on in the mens legends singles to get us going. As a prelude, a boisterous song-and-dance routine had done its bit to lift an arena peppered with a smallish crowd. Local girl Sania Mirza joined in as did Lara Dutta, the film-star wife of IPTL founder Mahesh Bhupathi, the former Indian doubles star. The fun had been had, but it was the games that would determine the course of this day.This, the third season of the IPTL, had been uncertain and chaotic. On the eve of the final, Bhupathi admitted to ESPN that they had battled several challenges and that he had been upset and embarrassed at the minuscule ticket sales on their first-ever stopover in Hyderabad. Once the promise of Roger Federer and Serena Williams appearing evaporated, the tepid response was only to be expected. Yet, Bhupathi insisted the quality of tennis over the previous two legs in Tokyo and Singapore had been amazing and the final would be intensely competitive.So back to our legends to put Bhupathis claims to the test. Time away from the competitive grind has been kinder on Moya. He is resplendent in a bright orange shirt, flowing locks and a signature headband to hold them in place. He shows soon enough that he still commands the smarts with a racquet in hand. Philippoussis is dazzled as lobs clear him at the net, as Moya scrambles in the backcourt to retrieve balls and cunningly shimmies backhands behind him. The Aussie is sweating and panting even as the Spaniard is bubbling with the zest of a tyro.The scoring pattern in the IPTL attaches value to every game won and Moya gives his team, the Singapore Slammers, an early advantage. 6-4. Philippoussis meanders back disconsolate to his bench at the end of the set. His team, the Indian Aces, have won both previous clashes against the Slammers this season, but this has been a stumbly start.The construct of the IPTL inverses the usual routine of tennis. Team members crowd around the player in action at changeovers, they holler advice and encouragement from the sidelines, they create an all-for-one, one-for-all environment. Sania Mirza says no one wants to lose and let the rest of the teeam down.dddddddddddd Goran Ivanisevic, who turns out for the UAE Royals, says the pressure one experiences in a setting such as the IPTL is unique as players are desperate not to be the reason for the teams defeat.Nick Kyrgios, a forlorn outsider with well-documented disciplinary problems on the regular circuit, is a steam of energy on the Slammers bench. He rises at the end of each victorious point, he high-fives with great relish. For Kyrgios, turning up in the IPTL is to fulfill a sporting fantasy he had as a kid that tennis snatched away.I always look forward to the IPTL and the new faces on the team have been key, he says later. You make new friends, you have this team spirit that the IPTL offers and we have had such a good chemistry. We have been supporting each other during the whole competition. I love team sports. I love watching and also playing. Everyone supported me this week and that makes it more fun, more enjoyable.Bhupathi and his staff expect this whole-hearted thumbs-up from the players to count as a significant plus in their favour as they aim to emerge from the difficulties of this season. Over the course of the next few months, they will consider the reset needed to ensure the IPTL stays afloat. Financial considerations are paramount. A source in the management team admits significant losses have been accumulated this season. Player costs constitute nearly 70% of the expenditure but there is no way around that.Without star power, attracting big audiences in arenas or sizable TV audiences will be a non-starter. While that is a non-negotiable, some of the questions the IPTL will grapple with before putting the next season together are the length of its schedule -- coming as it does at the back end of a long season -- the number of cities they must play in and whether to restrict themselves to what Bhupathi calls the three biggest markets in Asia. There is talk of expanding beyond the continent as well, though that is at a nascent stage for now. Within the leadership groups, conversations have already begun to ensure a greater number of big stars commit to the event in 2017.The final provided a glimpse of the IPTLs potential to be a sporting competition of merit. An inspired Slammers outfit sizzled in the sets following Moyas victory over Philippoussis, including a surprisingly one-sided defeat handed out to the star Indian pairing of Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza in the mixed doubles by Marcelo Melo and Kiki Bertens. The final scoreline read 30-14, again unexpectedly lopsided. As the trophy went up in the hands of an elated Slammers outfit, the men and women behind the scenes heaved a visible sigh of relief.At times in recent months, it hadnt seemed possible. But the IPTL has lived -- and it intends to fight another day. ' ' '