Duke's Cooper Flagg described as 'generational' player after performance in win over Wake Forest

Cooper Flagg scored 24 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished retired six assists playing 39 of 40 minutes successful the Duke Blue Devils’ 63-56 triumph implicit the Wake Forest Demon Deacons connected Saturday.

Duke, the No. 2 squad successful the nation, improved to 17-2 and 9-0 against ACC opponents. It was Flagg who gave the Blue Devils the jolt they needed successful the 2nd fractional to inch distant from Wake Forest. At 1 point, Flagg scored 3 times connected a tally of 7 consecutive scoring possessions.

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On defense, Duke switched from man-to-man to portion to dilatory the Demon Deacons down with astir 8 minutes near successful the game. Flagg admitted helium ne'er played portion earlier then. He finished with 2 blocks successful the game.

Flagg’s fable is lone increasing up of his apt leap to the NBA. It’s a show similar the 1 against Wake Forest that lone solidified him arsenic a imaginable generational endowment astatine the adjacent level. It adjacent near an indelible content connected Wake Forest manager Steve Forbes.

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"Generational," helium said when asked to picture Flagg. "I’ll springiness you an illustration – their starring scorer past twelvemonth was the archetypal prime successful the 2nd round. This feline volition beryllium the archetypal prime successful the archetypal round. Big difference.

"He’s a pugnacious feline to guard. He’s got each the tools. The large happening astir him… is his unselfishness. That helium truly wants different radical to succeed."

Flagg is averaging 19.5 points, 8 rebounds and 4.2 assists this season. Duke has 12 games near earlier the league tourney begins.

Flagg and the Blue Devils are acceptable for a crippled connected Monday nighttime against N.C. State.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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