Cooper Flagg delivers career night as Dallas edge Denver

The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Denver Nuggets 131:130 successful a melodramatic finale, and the evening volition beryllium particularly remembered for Cooper Flagg's release. The young hoops player, who arrived successful the NBA this twelvemonth arsenic the archetypal prime of the draft, played 1 of his champion games truthful far. The gathering ended with 33 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, and helium besides deed 4 three-pointers, which is his vocation grounds successful the strongest league successful the world.

The superb 18-year-old was the motor of the location team's crippled and connected respective occasions helium took work erstwhile the crippled broke down. Along with him, the experienced Anthony Davis besides played a precise bully game. The Dallas halfway scored 31 points and grabbed 9 rebounds successful a nonstop duel with Nikola Jokić. The Serbian ace responded with 29 points, 7 rebounds and adjacent 14 assists, but this clip it was not enough.

On the different side, the awesome Jamal Murray besides had a large night. The Denver defender recorded 31 points, 7 rebounds and 14 assists. However, the visiting squad did not negociate to widen the bid of victories connected the road, which earlier this lucifer amounted to 11 consecutive triumphs.

Twist and drama

The Nuggets recovered themselves successful a large shortage already successful the 2nd quarter, erstwhile the scoreboard showed 50:29 for the host. However, the squad from Colorado came backmost and took the pb for the archetypal clip aboriginal successful the 4th quarter. In the precise end, they reduced the shortage to lone 1 constituent and had a accidental to win. Peyton Watson's three-point effort from the near corner, however, remained connected the rim.

With this victory, the Mavericks ended a bid of 2 consecutive defeats, during which they mislaid their pb successful the past quarter. At the aforesaid time, they defeated Denver for the 2nd clip this season, aft they celebrated distant from location connected December 1 with a people of 131:121.

It is besides absorbing that Jokić had lone 7 rebounds, which is his lowest show this season, though helium presently leads the league with an mean of 12.1 rebounds. On the different hand, young Flagg averaged 19.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per crippled successful his rookie season. His vocation precocious is 42 points, which helium scored 8 days agone successful a nonaccomplishment to the Utah Jazz.