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Wake Forest's James Johnson, center, and Jeff Teague, right, celebrate after Wake Forest's 70-68 victory over Duke on Wednesday.

Scheyer’s 3-pointer from the corner over Johnson hit the front of the rim, but the Duke guard hustled for the rebound and called the Blue Devils’ final timeout with 17.4 seconds left. Henderson inbounded the ball to McClure, who got it back to the swingman for his big jumper.

“That was my responsibility — I should have had that,” Johnson said.

Wake Forest took its first double-figure lead of the game after a pair of spectacular plays in the open court.

Johnson put the Demon Deacons up 54-43 with 11½ minutes left when his steal from Nolan Smith led to a breakaway dunk. That came seconds after Aminu’s highlight-reel jam when he took a between-the-legs feed from Ishmael Smith.

“I almost didn’t catch the ball, I was so amazed by the pass,” Aminu said.

They later stretched their lead to 13 when David Weaver laid in Smith’s alley-oop pass with 8:49 remaining to make it 61-48.

Weaver — one of two Demon Deacons who are 6-foot-11 or taller to get in the game — finished with nine critical points for Wake Forest.

The ACC’s leader in both field-goal percentage categories — on offense and defense — shot 40 percent and held undersized Duke to a season-worst 33 percent shooting. The Blue Devils were just 4-of-22 from 3-point range.

“It was tough to score for both teams tonight,” Krzyzewski said. “That’s why a couple of the run-outs that we gave them that led to points were key.”

That defense helped Wake Forest overcome a rare 47-43 rebounding disadvantage. The Blue Devils — who used strong offensive rebounding to stay in the game early — managed just three of their 15 offensive boards in the second half. The Demon Deacons outscored Duke 42-24 in the paint, a big reason why they improved to 5-24 all-time against No. 1.

“I knew we were going to win this game,” Teague said.

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