{"id":655469,"date":"2026-10-24T05:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/655469\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T05:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:20:11","slug":"cooper-flagg-forced-to-exit-game-after-shoulder-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/655469\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg forced to exit game after shoulder injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cooper Flagg had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 17 minutes before exiting the game.<\/p>\n

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Kyrie Irving scored 24 points and the Dallas Mavericks overcame the loss of Cooper Flagg to spoil Tyrese Haliburton \u2018s home return for the Indiana Pacers in a 121-105 victory<\/a> Friday night.<\/p>\n

Flagg, last season\u2019s Kia NBA Rookie of the Year<\/a>, did not play in the second half after he injured his left shoulder when he was fouled by Aaron Nesmith on what looked like it would be a breakaway dunk.<\/p>\n

Nesmith was called for a flagrant foul, and a double technical was assessed after a brief shoving match ensued. Flagg finished with 15 points, five rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n

Haliburton played in his first home game since the 2025 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

Irving made 5-for-10 from 3-point range. P.J. Washington had 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Mavericks in their first win under new coach Dusty May, who grew up in Indiana.<\/p>\n

While Haliburton received a rousing ovation during player introductions, Indiana\u2019s play soon turned those cheers into boos.<\/p>\n

Dallas went on a 22-6 run in the first quarter to open up a 42-23 lead then scored 15 straight points in the second quarter to make it 61-31. The Mavs added another 10-0 run later in the second before Nesmith\u2019s hard foul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 17 minutes before exiting the game. INDIANAPOLIS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[294786,85,46,105],"class_list":["post-655469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cooper-flagg-injury","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655469","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=655469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}