{"id":253744,"date":"2026-04-06T06:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253744\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:24:08","slug":"dallas-visits-los-angeles-after-flaggs-45-point-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253744\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas visits Los Angeles after Flagg&#8217;s 45-point game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Mavericks (25-53, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (40-38, eighth in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n<p>Inglewood, California; Tuesday, 10:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"http:\/\/betmgm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> Clippers -11; over\/under is 234.5<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: Dallas visits the Los Angeles Clippers after Cooper Flagg scored 45 points in the Mavericks\u2019 134-128 win against the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers are 23-25 against Western Conference opponents. Los Angeles ranks last in the Western Conference recording just 40.5 rebounds per game led by Kawhi Leonard averaging 6.3.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks are 14-34 in conference matchups. Dallas is second in the Western Conference scoring 53.2 points per game in the paint led by Flagg averaging 11.4.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers average 114.0 points per game, 5.4 fewer points than the 119.4 the Mavericks give up. The Mavericks are shooting 46.8% from the field, 0.2% lower than the 47.0% the Clippers\u2019 opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n<p>The teams play for the fourth time this season. The Clippers won the last matchup 138-131 in overtime on March 22, with Darius Garland scoring 41 points in the victory.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Leonard is averaging 28 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.9 steals for the Clippers. Garland is averaging 18.6 points and 5.8 assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg is averaging 21.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists for the Mavericks. Naji Marshall is averaging 14.3 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Clippers: 6-4, averaging 117.6 points, 38.8 rebounds, 24.7 assists, 10.6 steals and 5.3 blocks per game while shooting 50.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 111.7 points per game.<\/p>\n<p>Mavericks: 2-8, averaging 118.2 points, 42.8 rebounds, 26.1 assists, 8.9 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 128.7 points.<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Clippers: Isaiah Jackson: out (ankle), Yanic Konan Niederhauser: out for season (foot), Bradley Beal: out for season (hip).<\/p>\n<p>Mavericks: Dereck Lively II: out for season (foot), Daniel Gafford: day to day (shoulder), Caleb Martin: out (foot), Kyrie Irving: out for season (knee).<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks (25-53, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (40-38, eighth in the Western Conference)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[26752,111716,7,42740,13508,7015,33231,58698,9222,42742,43161,1953,33233,48,52,51,47,716,50,2497,49,104888,129,7592,127,564,554],"class_list":{"0":"post-253744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-bradley-beal","9":"tag-caleb-martin","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-cooper-flagg","12":"tag-dallas","13":"tag-dallas-mavericks","14":"tag-daniel-gafford","15":"tag-darius-garland","16":"tag-data-skrive","17":"tag-dereck-lively-ii","18":"tag-isaiah-jackson","19":"tag-kawhi-leonard","20":"tag-kyrie-irving","21":"tag-la","22":"tag-la-headlines","23":"tag-la-news","24":"tag-los-angeles","25":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","26":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","27":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","28":"tag-los-angeles-news","29":"tag-naji-marshall","30":"tag-nba","31":"tag-nba-basketball","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-texas","34":"tag-tx-state-wire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}