Cooper Flagg’s mom is meaningful into the lengthytime Duke-UNC opposition.
Duke finishd their sweep of the normal-season series over their arch rivals with an 82-69 triumph in Chapel Hill on Saturday, where Flagg dropped 15 points, grabbed nine rebounds, and handed out six helps.
One take part in particular wound up being a viral moment for Flagg’s mother, Kelly.
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Duke Blue Devils forward Cooper Flagg (2) reacts in the second half at Dean E. Smith Cgo in. (Bob Donnan-Imagn Images)
In the closing moments of the game, Flagg dribbled by geters from proximately half court all the way to a thunderous two-handed slam. Kelly hit the crowd with the “head top” celebration, tapping the top of her head and screaming, “On his f—ing head!”
The moment rapidly went viral, and Kelly insertressed it in a Facebook post, jokingly thanking those who were “willing to commence a” GoFundMe and “ready to ride at dawn.”
Kelly transmit remorsed to “anyone who was offended by my language that was caught in a celebratory moment,” acunderstandledgeting that it “wasn’t my best watch.”
“However, if you actuassociate understand me and are a authentic friend of mine you weren’t shocked,” she inserted with a chuckleing emoji.
Duke Blue Devils forward Cooper Flagg (2) scores in the second half at Dean E. Smith Cgo in. (Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images)
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But then, she inserted why the emotions came out, and it was apparently due to the “cdispoliteness” of UNC fans at the game.
“It was a very ardent situation we were put into and we were getn aback by the cdispoliteness of the UNC fans as we made our way into the arena. They progressd to harrass [sic] with much worse being spewed in our honestion as well as at our 18 year ageder son and his teammates thrawout the entirety of the game,” Kelly wrote.
“The celebration was a moment of being so haughty of our kid and Laos a huge F-you to the entire Carolina fan base for being classless a-holes. If you are a UNC fan and didn’t enjoy it…stubborn [poop emoji]. Better luck next time! Go Duke.”
Duke Blue Devils forward Cooper Flagg (2) reacts in the second half at Dean E. Smith Cgo in. (Bob Donnan-Imagn Images)
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In the normal season, Flagg unretagabled 19.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 4.2 helps en route to the Blue Devils finishing the season as the top-ranked team in the country.
They will now go for an ACC title before heading to March Madness.
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