Cooper Flagg finished with 28 points as his parents watched from the crowd, and he scored 18 of those points in the second half. He was saying “run it back” after the game, but this was more than likely his last Duke home game, and he went out with a bang.

Duke scored 17 more fast-break points compared to the Demon Deacons’ six, giving it an offensive edge that metastasized into an enormous lead. When the Blue Devils narrowly escaped Winston Salem, N.C.

A seventh consecutive win, and 23rd in the past 24 games, left Duke perfect in 17 games at home. Saturday’s game at rival North Carolina is the Blue Devils’ lone remaining regular-season game.