Overview
- Against the Rockets on Saturday, Flagg had 34 points and 12 rebounds to become the first teenager with back-to-back 30-point double-doubles, per ESPN Insights, in a 111-107 defeat.
- Over the Hornets-Rockets stretch, he totaled 83 points, which the Mavericks reported is the most by a teenager across two games in NBA history.
- In the Jan. 30 showdown, Flagg scored 49 and Kon Knueppel 34 for a combined 83, the most by two rookies in a game since 1971, and Knueppel set a Hornets record with eight made threes.
- In the Rising Stars draft, Carmelo Anthony selected Flagg first overall for the revamped four-team tournament coached by Anthony, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady and Austin Rivers.
- Knueppel remains the closest challenger with prolific three-point shooting, Flagg’s season averages sit around 19-6-4, and Jamal Mashburn’s on-air claim that Flagg would rank only sixth among current freshmen drew fan backlash.