Cooper Flagg scores 49 factors, essentially the most by a teen in a single NBA sport, however Charlotte Hornets beat Dallas Mavericks.
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Kon Knueppel made two free throws with 4.1 seconds left for a career-high 34 factors and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks 123-121, spoiling Duke roommate Cooper Flagg’s 49-point sport.
Flagg, who turned 19 in December, broke the NBA file for factors in a sport by a teen. Cliff Robinson set the earlier file of 45 at age 19 for New Jersey in a sport in opposition to Detroit on March 9, 1980.
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Flagg set profession highs with 20 area objectives on 29 photographs, and likewise had 10 rebounds.
Knueppel grabbed an errant move by Flagg close to midcourt with seven seconds left and the rating tied. He drove to the basket and was fouled by Flagg because the ball lodged between the rim and the backboard. Flagg’s shot on the buzzer to ship it to extra time hit the again of the rim.
Knueppel made eight 3-pointers to set a rookie file for the Hornets, who’ve gained 5 consecutive video games for his or her longest successful streak since a five-game run in February 2023.
Brandon Miller scored 23 factors, his ninth straight sport with not less than 20 factors, for Charlotte. LaMelo added 22, hitting six 3-pointers.
Klay Thompson scored 16 factors off the bench for Dallas, taking pictures 4 of 11 on 3s. The Mavericks have misplaced three straight — all at residence — following a season-best, four-game successful streak.
The Hornets swept a highway back-to-back whereas the Mavericks had been swept in a house back-to-back.
The sport was the primary NBA assembly between Flagg and Knueppel, the 2024-25 Duke freshmen.
Mark Aguirre, Dallas’s solely earlier first-overall draftee after the franchise’s preliminary season in 1980-81, turned the workforce’s fifth participant to have his jersey retired throughout a halftime ceremony.
