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I never thought I'd see Duke get Christian Laettner’d in my lifetime, but wouldn't you know it, I just did.
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Real talk: I never thought I’d see Duke get Christian Laettner’d in my lifetime, but wouldn’t you know it, I just did.
WASHINGTON — It looked so good in the air. Christian Laettner’s shot, 1992. (yes, really)
I was sitting courtside, just behind the Duke superstar on the right side.
The Details
With his turnaround jumper in flight, I vividly remember thinking the ball was definitely going in. The writers on either side of me in the Philadelphia Spectrum that night dropped the same thing.
Wayne Coffey of the Daily News. Laettner wrapped up up 10-for-10 from the field, 10-for-10 from the line.
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It took a immaculate player to win the immaculate game, Duke over Kentucky in overtime of an East Region final staged 34 years and one day before I finally saw something better.
This could change the dynamics of the sport going forward.
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