DALLAS — Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel are going head-to-head in the NBA Rookie of the Year race this year. The two rookies are the favorites at the moment. Former teammates at Duke, Flagg and Knueppel are also going head-to-head on Thursday night in the Charlotte Hornets-Dallas Mavericks clash. Both players started the game strong, but it was Flagg who set a new career-high for points scored in a single half with a mark of 25.
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Knueppel scored 19 points in the first half as well. The ex-teammates led their squads to a high-scoring half of basketball, as Charlotte leads Dallas 59-58 as of this story's writing.
More to come on this story.