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Cooper Flagg scores 51, but balanced Magic down Mavs
The rookie became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 50 points, but Orlando answered with 27 from Desmond Bane and 28 from Wendell Carter Jr.
- Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg became the youngest player in NBA history to score 50 points, tallying 51 in Friday's 138-127 home loss to the Orlando Magic.
- After head coach Jason Kidd and Naji Marshall were ejected for protesting a missed foul call on Desmond Bane, Flagg ignited a 24-point fourth-quarter barrage.
- Flagg shot 19-of-30 from the field, including 6-of-9 from three-point range, while Wendell Carter Jr. led the Magic with 28 points in the balanced team victory.
- The Mavericks suffered their 14th consecutive home loss as the Magic controlled the game, outshooting Dallas 56% to 46.3% overall.
- At 19 years and 103 days old, Flagg is the only teenager to score 50 points in an NBA game, joining Brandon Jennings as the first rookies to reach the mark since the 2009-10 season.
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The Mavericks prodigy, 19 years old and 103 days old, beats a precocious record... but his team has 14 home defeats.
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Orlando Magic stops his descent against the Dallas Mavericks, but the real story is on the other side: The 19-year-old Dallas rookie Cooper Flagg creates a novelty in the NBA - and is not satisfied at the end.
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Leaning Left10Leaning Right1Center15Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Center
Bias Distribution
- 58% of the sources are Center
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L 38%
C 58%
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