Victor Wembanyama's double-double for the Spurs was enough to deal the Mavericks a sixth straight loss on Thursday despite another stellar performance from Cooper Flagg.
Victor Wembanyama's double-double for the Spurs was enough to deal the Mavericks a sixth straight loss on Thursday despite another stellar performance from Cooper Flagg.Gareth Patterson/Associated Press
DALLAS — Victor Wembanyama had 29 points and 11 rebounds, and the Spurs overcame rookie No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg’s fourth consecutive 30-point game in a 135-123 victory over the Mavericks on Thursday night.
Flagg scored 32 points to extend his NBA record for consecutive games with at least 30 points by a teenager. The 19-year-old native of Newport, Maine, did most of his damage after halftime, scoring 22 points as the Mavericks cut a 13-point deficit to 1, but never could go in front.
Flagg joined Michael Jordan, Bernard King, Allen Iverson, and Jalen Green as the only rookies to score at least 30 in four straight games since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976-77.
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Dallas lost all four games and is on a six-game losing streak, its longest of the season.
Harrison Barnes was another of seven San Antonio players in double figures with 19 points, and De’Aaron Fox scored 17 while pushing through a rough shooting night with two clutch 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. The second came on Wembanyama’s sixth assist and gave the Spurs a 131-123 lead with 1:24 remaining.
Stephon Castle had 18 points and seven rebounds, the last board coming on his emphatic and punctating follow dunk for the final points.
Naji Marshall matched Flagg with 32 points for Dallas, and Daniel Gafford had 16 points and 10 rebounds a few hours after the trade deadline passed without the center leaving in a deal when he was the subject of speculation.
The Mavericks were playing their first game since trading 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis, who had been sidelined a month with a left hand injury.