DURHAM, N.C. — Cooper Flagg said he hadn’t seen enough angles yet to give his monster second-half dunk against Pitt an official grade, but the Duke freshman guessed it was about an 8.5 out of 10.
His teammate Tyrese Proctor went a little further.
“That’s the best in-game dunk I’ve ever seen,” Proctor said. “It might be one of the best dunks, period.”
As soon as No. 4 Duke returned to the locker room after an emphatic 76-47 win over Pitt, Proctor had the dunk pulled up on his phone with the entire team gathered around to watch it again.
Flagg had been frustrated after a low-key first half in which he picked up an early two fouls, sat for an extended period and finished with just five points. He added foul No. 3 with 17:43 to go and was visibly frustrated.
A moment later, he stole a pass near the baseline, drove the length of the court, took off near the top of the key and slammed home the dunk, which electrified the crowd in what Duke coach Jon Scheyer called “a Zion kind of play,” recalling the excitement of former star Zion Williamson’s highlights at Cameron Indoor.