Cooper Flagg

Cooper Flagg delivered a statement night for the Dallas Mavericks, dropping 45 points in a 134-128 win over the Los Angeles Lakers to pass LeBron James for the most 40-point games by a teenager. He also became the first rookie since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with multiple 45-point games in a month and the first since Wilt Chamberlain to score 96+ points over a two-game span.