 The second half was played very closely , with neither team taking a substantial lead . With 3 : 16 to play , Duke took a 60 – 55 lead on two made free throws by Nolan Smith . Butler cut the lead to one point in the final minute and , after a missed Kyle <unk> jump shot with 36 seconds remaining , got a chance to retake the lead . Butler was unable to initiate their offense and Stevens called a timeout to set up a play . A failed <unk> attempt and a timeout later , <unk> missed a baseline fade @-@ away <unk> and Brian <unk> came down with the rebound for Duke . He was quickly fouled with less than 4 seconds remaining . <unk> narrowly missed a <unk> half @-@ court shot court as time expired , making the final margin 61 – 59 . 
