Cooper Flagg throws down a one-handed dunk in his Duke basketball debut

Cooper Flagg introduced himself properly to the Cameron Crazies on opening night with a thunderous one-handed dunk against Maine.

[autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] played his first regular-season basketball game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Monday night, and he didn’t even need a full half to produce his first Duke basketball highlight.

In the closing minutes of the first half against Maine, Flagg weaved his way around defender Quion Burns and launched himself into the air, shifting the ball into his right hand and raising it high above his head.

The top-ranked freshman dunked so hard that Chapel Hill probably heard the rim shake, evoking a well-earned eruption from the home crowd. Flagg briefly flexed on the baseline before racing back on defense, a sign that he expects many more moments like that to come during his freshman season. And given how easy he made the first dunk look, there’s no reason for fans to feel any different.

Flagg finished his first 20 minutes of Duke basketball with eight points, three rebounds, and a team-leading four assists as the Blue Devils built a 44-33 lead over the Black Bears.