{"id":253751,"date":"2026-04-06T06:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253751\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:36:08","slug":"dallas-visits-los-angeles-after-flaggs-45-point-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253751\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas visits Los Angeles after Flagg’s 45-point game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks<\/a> (25-53, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> (40-38, eighth in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Inglewood, California; Tuesday, 10:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Clippers -11; over\/under is 234.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Dallas visits the Los Angeles Clippers after Cooper Flagg<\/a> scored 45 points in the Mavericks’ 134-128 win against the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> averaging 6.3.<\/p>\n

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

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’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> scoring 41 points in the victory.<\/p>\n

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

Flagg is averaging 21.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists for the Mavericks. Naji Marshall<\/a> is averaging 14.3 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

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

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

INJURIES: Clippers: Isaiah Jackson: out (ankle), Yanic Konan Niederhauser<\/a>: out for season (foot), Bradley Beal<\/a>: out for season (hip).<\/p>\n

Mavericks: Dereck Lively II: out for season (foot), Daniel Gafford: day to day (shoulder), Caleb Martin: out (foot), Kyrie Irving<\/a>: out for season (knee).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/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)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[26752,42740,7015,58698,80631,1953,33233,48,8693,52,51,47,50,49,104888,20784,68642],"class_list":{"0":"post-253751","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-cooper-flagg","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-darius-garland","12":"tag-event_preview","13":"tag-kawhi-leonard","14":"tag-kyrie-irving","15":"tag-la","16":"tag-la-clippers","17":"tag-la-headlines","18":"tag-la-news","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","21":"tag-los-angeles-news","22":"tag-naji-marshall","23":"tag-national-basketball-association","24":"tag-yanic-konan-niederhauser"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253751","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=253751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}