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Rookie Cooper Flagg has 51-point night in Mavericks' loss
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Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg became the youngest player in NBA history to have a 50-point game, as the rookie scored 51 in Friday's 138-127 home loss to the Orlando Magic.
Flagg, who is 19 years, 103 days old, was briefly pulled late in the fourth quarter when he had 45 points by assistant coach Frank Vogel, who was filling in for ejected head coach Jason Kidd.
But after returning, Flagg hit a corner 3-pointer, then clinched 50 points with a bucket and foul, making the free throw and coming out of the game to a standing ovation. He finished with 24 points in the fourth quarter.
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The Orlando Magic withstood a spectacular 51-point performance from Dallas rookie Cooper Flagg in a 138-127 victory over the Mavericks.
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Flagg, 19, became the first teenager to record a 50-point game in the NBA. He joined Michael Jordan as the only rookies to post multiple games of 45 or more points in their rookie seasons.
“He should be Rookie of the Year,” Mavs coach Jason Kidd said of Flagg, who scored 24 points in the fourth quarter.
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Cooper Flagg became the first teenager in NBA history to score 50 or more points in a game on Friday. (Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images)
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Cooper Flagg (51 pts, 6 3PM, 6 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl, 1 blk) is your player of the night on his record-setting performance.
"It just speaks to who I am… and just the improvement. Grinding, getting better all year long."
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