Kyle Filipowski were given essentially the most consideration in No. 9 Duke’s 84-79 loss to No. 7 UNC, and now not simply because he led the Blue Devils with 23 issues.
Halfway during the first 1/2, Filipowski discovered himself ill at the court docket with UNC ahead Harrison Ingram in transition. Ingram was once the primary to arise and running over Filipowski, laying one hand on his again. Filipowski answered by means of sticking his proper leg up and tripping Ingram.
Disagree foul was once referred to as at the play games, however Filipowski were given up with an obvious limp and shortly looked at of the sport.
The comparisons have been unhidden. And numerous. Very numerous. Former Duke participant Grayson Allen grew notorious for apparently going out of his technique to stick his leg out to go back and forth gamers, and any other Duke participant doing the similar made for simple social media fodder.
Filipowski claimed the go back and forth wasn’t intentional then the sport, by the use of local reporter Shawn Krest:
“I’m not really too sure how that whole situation happened, I was really just getting up. My foot slipped. I don’t know how I caught him. That’s really all I got. I don’t see him coming from anywhere. I didn’t even know he was back with me. I thought I was the only one left.”
Filipowski completed the sport with 23 issues on 8-of-18 taking pictures, with seven rebounds, 3 blocks, two assists and two steals. He additionally had 4 fouls, making the insufficiency of name at the go back and forth instead important as Duke tried to mount a comeback within the ultimate mins.
It was once an general unsightly night time for Duke. UNC stormed out to a profusion top early, weathered a second-half Duke comeback and put the Blue Devils away with a dagger from chief scorer Cormac Ryan (31 issues).
The night time grew worse then the general whistle, when Duke fanatics started throwing drinks and other debris at UNC players, who left the area giggling and waving farewell.
After all, this isn’t the one recreation this season to combine a controversy about Filipowski and the behavior of the home fans.
