Teenage rookie Cooper Flagg continued his excellent run of kind by scoring 45 factors because the Dallas Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 134-128 on Sunday.
The 19-year-old had made historical past on Saturday when he grew to become the primary teenager to attain 50 factors in an NBA sport – ending with 51 factors, together with 24 within the fourth quarter, in a defeat by the Orlando Magic.
He adopted up with a 45-point haul within the win over the injury-hit Lakers, including 9 assists and eight rebounds.
Flagg is the primary rookie with back-to-back 40-point video games since Allen Iverson in 1997, and is among the many favourites to be named this season’s rookie of the yr.
The Mavericks began shortly in opposition to the Lakers, who have been lacking each the NBA’s main scorer Luka Doncic and rising star Austin Reaves, and have been 41-30 up on the finish of the primary quarter.
LeBron James, 41, led the Lakers with 30 factors, 15 assists and 9 rebounds, whereas Luke Kennard had 15 factors, 16 rebounds and 11 assists.
PJ Washington scored 15 factors for the Mavericks, Naji Marshall and Brandon Williams added 13 factors, and Klay Thompson scored three three-pointers in his 11-point haul.
Lakers coach JJ Redick it was a “only a poor defensive evening” for his facet, including: “We did not begin the sport the appropriate approach and simply performed catch-up the remainder of the sport.”
The Lakers are third within the Western Convention, with the Twelfth-placed Mavericks already out of play-off competition.
