Overview
- Dallas beat Toronto 139-129 as Flagg logged a career-high 22 points, punctuated by a one-handed and-1 over Sandro Mamukelashvili to cap a 13-0 third-quarter surge.
- The Mavericks corrected first-half sloppiness with just one turnover in the third after 12 before halftime, with Anthony Davis scoring 25 and D’Angelo Russell adding 24 and six assists.
- ESPN Research listed Flagg, at 18 years and 309 days, among the youngest to reach 20 points in an NBA game, and he did it in 29 minutes without a turnover.
- Starting at point guard while Kyrie Irving rehabs, Flagg earned praise from Jason Kidd for playing through contact as he learns the NBA whistle and his new teammates’ tendencies.
- Through three games he is averaging roughly 16.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists, as a team assistant set modest rookie benchmarks and Russell called him “unbelievable.”