1 BEATING THE HEELS The North Carolina Tar Heels were just trying to set up their offense But Zion Williamson had other ideas The Duke Blue Devils forward stepped in front of a Tar Heel pass and took off the other way Williamson was all alone as he threw down a one handed dunk He yelled to pump up the crowd The fans roared Duke's rivalry with North Carolina dates back to 1920 Less than 10 miles 16 km separate the schools Any game between Zion Williamson throws it down against North Carolina
DATO 1 WILLIAMSON Williamson did some of his best work close to the basket against the Tar Heels them is a big deal But this March 2019 game was one of the biggest No 5 Duke featured Williamson and two other highly skilled freshmen Only the third ranked Tar Heels stood in the way of Duke reaching the Atlantic Coast Conference ACC tournament title game
The score was close throughout the second half North Carolina led 73 72 with 35 seconds left Williamson put up a short shot with a defender in his face The ball bounced off the rim Players from both teams fought for the rebound Williamson outjumped them all and FOLLOWING IT UP The day after beating North grabbed the ball Then he Carolina Duke played in tipped it back toward the the ACC tournament final against Florida State hoop This time it went in Williamson scored a Williamson's shot gave game high 21 points as Duke won 73 63 to claim Duke the lead The Blue the title Williamson was Devils held on to defeat named the tournament's Most Valuable Player their rivals 74 73 One MVP for his performance of the sport's brightest stars came up big when it mattered most
