Overview
- Rookie Cooper Flagg delivered 33 points, nine rebounds and nine assists on 14-of-21 shooting, while Anthony Davis added 31 points and nine boards.
- Denver erased a 21-point deficit behind Nikola Jokic’s 29 points and 14 assists and Jamal Murray’s 31 and 14 before Peyton Watson’s potential game-winner rimmed out at the buzzer.
- Dallas halted the Nuggets’ 11-game road run and moved to 2-0 against Denver this season.
- Both teams were on the second night of back-to-backs on NBC/Peacock; Denver was without Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun, and Cameron Johnson left late with a knee sprain.
- Jokic praised Flagg as looking “really mature,” and the 19-year-old joined Jason Kidd and Luka Doncic in rare Mavericks rookie company for such an all-around stat line.