{"id":452108,"date":"2026-02-01T18:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/452108\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:36:08","slug":"mavericks-rookie-cooper-flagg-unlocks-an-unmatched-nba-feat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/452108\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg unlocks an unmatched NBA feat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper Flagg has rewritten NBA history. The 19-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nba\/dallas-mavericks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> rookie became the first teenager ever to record consecutive games with 30 points and 10 rebounds on January 29 and February 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 overall pick from Duke University achieved this milestone despite both losses for the Mavericks. This accomplishment surpasses all previous teenage records in NBA history.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper Flagg shatters teenage scoring records in historic 2-game stretch<\/p>\n<p>On January 29, 2026, Flagg set a new NBA record for points scored by a teenager in a single game, erupting for 49 points in a 123-121 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nba\/charlotte-hornets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg was exceptionally efficient, shooting 20-of-29 (69%) from the field and a perfect 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. This performance <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/cooper-flagg-nba-scoring-record-teenager\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">surpassed the previous teenage scoring record<\/a> of 45 points set by Cliff Robinson in 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the season, on December 15, 2025, Flagg <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/47320994\/mavericks-cooper-flagg-youngest-nba-history-score-40\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">had already broken<\/a> LeBron James&#8217; specific record for an 18-year-old by scoring 42 points against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nba\/utah-jazz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Jazz<\/a>. James&#8217; record was 37 points and it was set in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after his record-breaking 49-point game, Flagg continued his historic rookie run on January 31, 2026, recording 34 points and 12 rebounds in a 111-107 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nba\/houston-rockets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Rockets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Playing 39 minutes, the 6-foot-9 forward shot 52% (13-of-25) and became the first teenager in NBA history to achieve consecutive 30-point double-doubles.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg scored 30 points for the fifth time this season, including 22 points in the first quarter alongside Brandon Williams, helping Dallas stay competitive after an early deficit.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YahooSports\/status\/2017820879598551490\" rel=\"nofollow\">scored a total of<\/a> 83 points in two games, an unprecedented achievement for any player under 20. Flagg now ranks third among teenagers with 40-plus points, alongside Kevin Durant and LeBron James.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg has rewritten NBA history. The 19-year-old Dallas Mavericks rookie became the first teenager ever to record&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-452108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452108","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=452108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}