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Before the season, Jim Skipper called the matchup “a win-win. … It’s going to be a nailbiter, I know that.”

Shortly after arriving, Blinken attended a Chinese basketball playoff game between the local Shanghai Sharks and the Zhejiang Golden Bulls, with the home team losing in the last seconds in 121-120 nailbiter.

And she is pondering doing so again after letting her 9-year-old son stay up late to watch the nailbiter of a finish.

And the Huskies pulled out another nailbiter that ended with fans storming the field.

“It’s definitely a nailbiter for the guys that are on that bubble, but it’s also a big opportunity for guys that are on the outside looking in,” said 2017 series champion Martin Truex Jr., who missed the playoffs by three points last year at Daytona.