Mavericks 130, Nets 93: Cooper Flagg Scores 25 With 12 Assists in a Dallas Rout
Dallas never trailed and never let up. Flagg ran the offense with 25 points and 12 assists, Kyrie Irving added 21 against his old team, and the Mavericks shot 57 percent in a 37-point win at American Airlines Center.
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks seized control early and never relented Sunday night, beating the Brooklyn Nets 130-93 at American Airlines Center before a crowd of 19,184, in the game reports read by the desk this run.
Cooper Flagg orchestrated the attack: 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting, 12 assists and five rebounds, in the New York Post's account — a line that had the Nets' defense, in the Post's words, disconnected from the opening quarter on. Kyrie Irving scored 21 against his former team, and Dallas shot 57.1 percent from the field, including 61.9 percent in a first half that ended with the Mavericks ahead 66-46.
Brooklyn (2-8) shot just 39 percent, per USA TODAY's Nets Wire, and never recovered from the first-half hole. Michael Porter Jr. led the Nets with 19 points and nine rebounds. Dallas improved to 6-4 with the win.
The Mavericks are back at American Airlines Center on Monday night, hosting the Indiana Pacers at 7 p.m. — the first leg of a Texas NBA tripleheader the desk previews in this cycle's schedule file.
