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Zion Williamson of the Duke Blue Devils goes up for a dunk against Eastern Michigan at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Wednesday. (Lance King / Getty Images)

Duke Sensation Zion Williamson Throws Down Two Insane Dunks En Route to Giant Win

By Dave Kovaleski November 15, 2018 at 12:40pm

Zion Williamson came to Duke University this fall as one of the top high school prospects in the country with a reputation for making spectacular dunks.

Just three games into his first — and probably only — year in college basketball, the 6-foot-7 Duke forward has not disappointed.

In Duke’s 84-46 blowout win over Eastern Michigan on Wednesday, Williamson put on a show, throwing down a handful of dunks that got the home crowd into a frenzy.

One was a left-handed tomahawk-style dunk in the first five minutes of the game.

AIR ZION

(via @FOXSportsSouth)pic.twitter.com/G5vjRvzDnd

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 15, 2018

Another was a spectacular two-handed slam off an alley-oop from fellow freshman Cam Reddish.

ZION WILLIAMSON JUST TOOK FLIGHT

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— FOX Sports South (@FOXSportsSouth) November 15, 2018

Williamson was eye level with the rim on this one.

Twitter Reacts to Zion Williamson’s Hops On Alley-Oop Dunk (Video) https://t.co/Rn76EaMJk2 pic.twitter.com/MlAyL6TmoZ

— Robert Littal (@BSO) November 15, 2018

He had a few more, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1qDzTRnbds

Williamson led the Blue Devils with 21 points and nine rebounds. Through three games he’s averaging 25 points and 10 rebounds per game.

He’s also been a rim protector on defense. In Duke’s 94-72 win over Army, he blocked six shots, including this one he swatted out of bounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=0ZJbEEvXqPk

After the Eastern Michigan game, Williamson was talking defense, not dunks.

Do you think Williamson's game will translate to the NBA?

“It’s always great because I feel like our offense will be there, so now it’s just playing hard defense,” Williamson said, reported The Raleigh News & Observer. “We feel like our defense will lead our offense. We feel like this was a much better effort (than against Army).”

It probably won’t look so easy once Duke gets into the meat of its schedule, but the Blue Devils did rout a quality opponent in Kentucky in their first game 118-84.

So far, Williamson has not given anyone any reason not to believe the hype.

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