On that play, Flagg drove to the basket on big man Hunter Dickinson. Adams arrived to help and swatted Flagg’s shot. He tried to recover the ball but knocked it out of bounds. On the next Duke possession, Adams stopped a three-on-one fast break by swatting Kon Knueppel’s shot at the rim.

Flagg has been tested during the first weeks of his college career, and the 17-year-old phenom still looks like the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft.

Potential NBA first-overall pick Cooper Flagg finished the loss with 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and one steal while shooting 5/9 from the field and 1/1 from the three-point range. Many people reacted to his performance.