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No. 1 Duke stunned by last-second layup

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Associated Press

James Johnson’s layup with 0.8 seconds left helped No. 6 Wake Forest upend No. 1 Duke, 70-68, on Wednesday night.

Johnson finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds and freshman Al-Farouq Aminu had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Demon Deacons, 17-1 overall and 4-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Demon Deacons bounced back from last week’s home loss that knocked them from No. 1 by leading the Blue Devils for nearly the entire way -- before letting a late 13-point lead slip away.

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Kyle Singler had 22 points and 12 rebounds for Duke (18-2, 5-1), whose winning streak ended at 10 games.

Gerald Henderson added 20 points, and his jump shot over Johnson with 10 seconds left tied the score at 68-68, and capped a 20-7 rally by the Blue Devils.

Wake Forest raced downcourt, and Jeff Teague and Aminu missed layups in traffic, but during the rebound, Henderson was called for traveling. That gave the ball back to Wake Forest with 2.6 seconds left, and L.D. Williams inbounded it under the basket to Johnson, whose layup in the final second banked through.

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