Overview

• Tonight at 8 p.m. ET at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center, No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg will make his Mavericks debut against Bronny James and the Lakers.
• Courtside Summer League tickets are fetching up to $3,000 on resale markets, marking the highest opening-night prices since Victor Wembanyama’s 2023 debut.
• ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+ and the NBA’s streaming hub will broadcast the game live nationwide.
• Flagg arrives healthy after a March ankle sprain and fresh off a Duke freshman season in which he averaged 19.2 points and won both the Wooden and Naismith Awards.
• The Las Vegas Summer League runs through July 20 with 10-minute quarters, a ‘heave rule’ and guarantees each of the 30 teams at least five games under the NBA’s experimental format.