{"id":318068,"date":"2025-11-30T06:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T06:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/318068\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T06:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T06:56:17","slug":"cooper-flagg-joins-lebron-in-nba-history-hyped-by-fans-after-mavs-win-vs-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/318068\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg Joins LeBron in NBA History, Hyped By Fans After Mavs&#8217; Win vs. Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Cooper Flagg scored a career-high 35 points as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 114-110 on the second night of a back-to-back on the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">With 35 points on Saturday, Flagg became the youngest player in <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realapp\/status\/1995003201376927828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NBA history<\/a> to reach 35 in a game, joining LeBron James as the only 18-year-olds to score 30 or more points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Flagg added eight rebounds and two assists, shooting 59 percent from the field in his career night. Klay Thompson contributed 23 points, going 60 percent from the three-point line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Dallas snapped a three-game losing streak with the win, improving to 6-15 and climbing two spots to 12th in the Western Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Fans praised Flagg&#8217;s performance despite the tough stretch for Dallas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Clippers&#8217; James Harden led the charge with 29 points and eight rebounds, while Kawhi Leonard added 30, but their efforts weren&#8217;t enough as the surging Mavericks overcame the Clippers, who fell to 5-15, extending their losing streak to four games and sliding further down the standings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Clippers held a seven-point lead at halftime, with Harden finishing the half with 12 points and John Collins adding 14, while Dallas&#8217; Flagg entered the break with 21 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Both teams traded baskets down the stretch, with Flagg notching a career-high on a jumper with 2:47 left in the fourth to take a 101-100 lead. Flagg added clutch free throws late to help secure the victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Dallas will remain on the road to face the Denver Nuggets on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg scored a career-high 35 points as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 114-110 on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-318068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}