Giddey in \u2018biggest story of the season\u2019 as Aussie erupts in \u2018crazy\u2019 All-Star statement<\/a><\/p>\nNBA\u2019S NEXT \u2018MONSTER\u2019 NEARLY MAKES HISTORY IN THRILLING WIN<\/p>\n
The Denver Nuggets, meanwhile, missed the chance to close the gap on Oklahoma City after losing a thrilling duel 131-130 against the Dallas Mavericks on the road in Texas.<\/p>\n
Mavericks prodigy Cooper Flagg once again stole the show, with the gifted 19-year-old No.1 draft pick scoring a game high 33 points with nine rebounds and nine assists.<\/p>\n
Flagg was just one rebound and assist away from surpassing Australia\u2019s Josh Giddey as the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double.<\/p>\n
Flagg\u2019s performance was backed by 31 points from Anthony Davis as Dallas outdueled Nuggets duo Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, who accounted for 60 Denver points.<\/p>\n
The Nuggets almost snatched victory at the buzzer, but Peyton Watson\u2019s wide open three-point attempt bounced out after hitting the rim.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just coming together, trying to have each other\u2019s backs,\u201d Flagg said. <\/p>\n
\u201cObviously Jamal and (Jokic) had it going — so we were just trying to take those guys away and make somebody else beat us.\u201d <\/p>\n
Dallas improved to 12-19 while the Nuggets slipped to 21-8 in the West. Flagg meanwhile took encouragement from another hard-fought win by the Mavs, who last week took down the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re learning from all of these experiences,\u201d Flagg said. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou know we\u2019ve been in a lot of really close games, so just trying to take stuff from those games and learn from it and get better.\u201d <\/p>\n
INJURY SCARE, AUSSIE\u2019S CAREER YEAR HIGHLIGHTS OTHER GAMES<\/p>\n
Elsewhere on Wednesday, Anthony Edwards rattled in 38 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves took down the New York Knicks 115-104 in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
Edwards knocked down four three-pointers while teammate Julius Randle added 25 points as the Wolves eclipsed a 40-point performance from Karl-Anthony Towns.<\/p>\n
Knicks star Jalen Brunson, who scored 47 points in Monday\u2019s win over Miami, missed the game with a right ankle problem.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Michael Porter Jr. may well be on the move at the trade deadline as he continues to prove far too good for the tanking Nets, leading Brooklyn to a 114-106 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. <\/p>\n
Joel Embiid went down with a knee injury early in the third quarter but fortunately for the Sixers was later able to return.<\/p>\n
Embiid finished with a team-high 27 points to go with six rebounds, four assists and two blocks.<\/p>\n
NBA Wrap: Jokic stars as Nugs smash Jazz | 01:36<\/p>\n
In other games, the Charlotte Hornets beat the Washington Wizards 126-109 in a battle of NBA cellar dwellers while the Cleveland Cavaliers cruised to a 141-118 win over the struggling New Orleans Pelicans. <\/p>\n
The Toronto Raptors continued to prove themselves a genuine contender and surprise packet in the East after a comfortable 112-91 win against the Miami Heat, while the Luka Doncic-less Lakers were crushed 132-108 by the Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n
Australian Jock Landale enjoyed another strong game in what is quickly shaping as a career-year for the Boomers big man, scoring 17 points go with eight rebounds in a 137-128 win for the Memphis Grizzlies over the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, the Bucks are doing their best job to try convince Giannis Antetokounmpo that his future remains in Milwaukee after a 111-94 victory over the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n
And rounding out an action-packed day of NBA games, the Detroit Pistons got past the Sacramento Kings 136-127 while the Orlando Magic squeaked past the Port Trail Blazers 110-106 and James Harden helped the L.A. Clippers to a big win against the Houston Rockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keldon Johnson and Stephon Castle combined for 49 points as the San Antonio Spurs unveiled a \u2018new\u2019 celebration…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-100255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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