Cooper Flagg’s mother is deep inside the long-standing Duke-Unc rivalization.
Duke ended their sweeping of the series in the regular season over their erkerivals with an 82-69 victory in Chapel Hill on Saturday, when Flagg fell 15 points, grabbed nine rebounds and handed out six assists.
A spectacle that was especially held as a viral moment for Flagg’s mother, Kelly.
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Duke Blue Devils Forward Cooper Flagg (2) responds in the second half at the Dean E. Smith Center. (Bob Donnan-Preferred Pictures)
In the closing moments of the game dribbled flags of defenders from almost half the court all the way to a thunderous two -handed sludge. Kelly hit the crowd with the “Head Top” celebration, knocked on top of his head and screamed “On his F — ing head!”
The moment quickly went viral, and Kelly approached it in a Facebook post, and jokingly thanked those who were “willing to start a” Gofundme and “ready to ride at dawn.”
Kelly apologized “anyone who was offended by my language that was caught in a festive moment,” it admitted “was not my best look.”
“But if you actually know me and are a real friend of me, you weren’t shocked,” she added with a laughter emoji.
Duke Blue Devils Forward Cooper Flagg (2) scores in the second half at the Dean E. Smith Center. (Obligatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Misted Pictures)
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But then she added why the emotions came out, and it was apparently due to the “rawness” of UNC fans on the game.
“It was a very intense situation we were put in and we were surprised by the UNC fans when we entered the arena. They continued to harass [sic] With much worse being speared in our direction as well as with our 18 year old son and his teammates throughout the game, “Kelly wrote.
“The celebration was a moment of being so proud of our child and Laos a big f-you to the whole Carolina fan base to be classless A-hole. If you’re a UNC fan and didn’t like it … Hard [poop emoji]. Better luck next time! Go Duke. “
Duke Blue Devils Forward Cooper Flagg (2) responds in the second half at the Dean E. Smith Center. (Bob Donnan-Preferred Pictures)
In the regular season, Flagg was an average of 19.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists on the way to Blue Devils, ending the season as the top team in the country.
They will now go for an ACC title before going towards March Madness.
