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Mavericks' Cooper Flagg makes unprecedented basketball history with NBA points record originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Cooper Flagg's rookie season with the Dallas Mavericks is winding down.
The phenom from Duke isn't slowing down, though.
On Friday night, Flagg dropped 51 points, a career-high -- and the all-time record for points scored by a teenager in NBA history.
A player younger than 20 had never reached the 50-point mark until the 19-year old Flagg did it for the Mavs against the Orlando Magic.
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Flagg's final stats were impressive:
- 51 points
- 19-30 FG
- 6-9 3FG
- 7-7 FT
- 6 rebounds
- 3 assists
- 3 steals
- 1 block
The 3-point shooting was particularly notable, because that's one part of Flagg's game that hasn't fully taken off in his rookie season.
If going forward he's able to knock down a better percentage of shots from beyond the arc, he'll be even that much tougher for opposing defenses to handle.
Flagg has already been plenty difficult to guard as a rookie, despite playing on a Mavs team that hasn't had the stars around him that they may have planned on when they drafted him.
The do-everything forward is the central star now. The Mavericks' future will orbit around him.
And a night like Friday's outburst won't change anyone's feelings about how bright Flagg's future truly is.
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