{"id":238495,"date":"2026-01-15T00:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/238495\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T00:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:44:13","slug":"jamal-murrays-nuggets-take-on-cooper-flaggs-mavericks-on-a-seven-game-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/238495\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamal Murray&#8217;s Nuggets take on Cooper Flagg&#8217;s Mavericks on a seven-game night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1970653\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1970653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/flagg3-2-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1970653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks host the Denver Nuggets in the second half of our ESPN doubleheader.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the best of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday\u2019s slate<\/a>\u00a0with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights.<\/p>\n<p>What we know about Wednesday\u2019s games:<\/p>\n<p>Our ESPN doubleheader features 76ers-Cavaliers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/cle-vs-phi-0022500572\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7 ET<\/a>) and Nuggets-Mavericks (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/den-vs-dal-0022500575\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9:30 ET<\/a>).<br \/>\nToday\u2019s is the last day to submit ballots for the 2026 All-Star Game starters. Every vote counts triple with your NBA ID. <a href=\"https:\/\/smart.link\/lnuag1ugvlimu?lid=3md0ts7broni\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tap to vote<\/a> before polls close at 11:59 p.m. ET.<br \/>\nJoel Embiid, Paul George and Aaron Gordon are probable. Jamal Murray and Kawhi Leonard are questionable. Lauri Markkanen and Josh Giddey are out.<\/p>\n<p>JANUARY 14, 2026 \/\/ 7:15 ET<\/p>\n<p>Cavs in their flow early<\/p>\n<p>Watch Evan Mobley pirouette through the lane and find Darius Garland in the corner before Jarrett Allen cleans up on the glass. Few bigs can move that smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>Cavs 19-10 with 6:10 to go in the first quarter on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fro work. <\/p>\n<p>VOTE JA HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2kDJdcujZV\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/2kDJdcujZV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kia<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CastYourVote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#CastYourVote<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4nNBZt0EQa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/4nNBZt0EQa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cavs\/status\/2011595256576553429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>JANUARY 14, 2026 \/\/ 6:15 ET<\/p>\n<p>Jazz-Bulls brings back memories<\/p>\n<p>Utah and Chicago run it back tonight (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/uta-vs-chi-0022500573\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8 ET<\/a>), after putting together a 150-147 double-overtime thriller on Nov. 16.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup always brings back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/history-top-moments-bulls-vs-jazz-1997-finals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">memories of the 1997<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/bulls\/features\/last-shot-last-dance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1998 NBA Finals<\/a>, where the Bulls defeated the Jazz to clinch the last two titles of their 1990s dynasty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us to beat them twice, I think that says a lot about our team because they were a great team,\u201d Michael Jordan later said of the Jazz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLzBMGXfK4c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as he was enshrined into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame<\/a> in 2009. \u201cThey could have easily beaten us twice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JANUARY 14, 2026 \/\/ 6:00 ET<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to a seven-game night in the NBA!<\/p>\n<p>We have an ESPN doubleheader tonight featuring Cavaliers-76ers (7 ET) and Nuggets-Mavericks (9:30 ET). Lock in to see some electric guards, as well as the No. 1 rookie on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/kia-rookie-ladder-jan-14-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the latest Kia Rookie Ladder<\/a>, Cooper Flagg.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s tonight\u2019s complete slate:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks host the Denver Nuggets in the second half of our ESPN doubleheader.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4155,117687,4129,85,46,102929,128763,128765,105,128764],"class_list":["post-238495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-4155","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-espn","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nba-live-blog","tag-nba-on-january-14","tag-nuggets-mavericks","tag-sports","tag-tyrese-maxey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}