Ready for takeoff: Duke star Cooper Flagg puts highlight-dunk signature on Pittsburgh win

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Ready for takeoff: Duke star Cooper Flagg puts highlight-dunk signature on Pittsburgh win
Guillermo Diaz GrahamJon ScheyerMens College Basketball
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Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg had a highlight-reel moment with a coast-to-coast dunk while being fouled Tuesday against Pittsburgh. Flagg's dunk over 7-footer Guillermo Diaz Graham came early in the second half. The 18-year-old preseason Associated Press All-American had 14 of his 19 points after halftime in the 76-47 win.

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“Look, it reminded me of a Zion kind of play,” Scheyer said of Zion Williamson, the dunking marvel who became AP national player of the year and the top NBA draft pick in 2019. “I knew he was going to try to dunk it,” James said, “but once I saw step up, I was like ‘Oh, well of course he’s going to lay it up now because that’s what any sane person would do.”

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