Lakers leave Duke basketball champ behind after winning title

Former Duke basketball champ Quinn Cook celebrates a title with the Los Angeles Lakers (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)

Surely, Duke basketball alum Quinn Cook eventually rejoined the team party.

What would have been more interesting is if Quinn Cook hadn’t commented on JR Smith’s Instagram Live late Sunday night. Would the former Duke basketball point guard have walked all the way back to the hotel without anyone ever noticing that the bus had left without him?

We’ll never know. Actually, it’s still not clear as to how or if Cook ultimately caught back up with his celebratory teammates. Uber? Hitchhike? A late-night jog?

What we do know is the two-time NBA champ’s interaction with…