Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg made NBA historical past on Monday evening, December 15 by scoring a profession excessive 42 factors and changing into the youngest participant ever to document a 40-point sport at 18 years previous.
Flagg completed with 42 factors, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists in a 140–133 time beyond regulation loss to the Utah Jazz. He shot 13-of-27 from the sphere and 15-of-20 from the free-throw line, scoring 24 factors within the first half.
With the efficiency, Flagg handed LeBron James’ earlier document of 37 factors for probably the most scored by an 18-year-old in NBA historical past. He additionally turned simply the fourth rookie in Dallas Mavericks historical past to attain 40 or extra factors in a sport.
Over his final seven video games, Flagg is averaging 25.7 factors per sport on 54.5% taking pictures, placing him third all-time in factors scored earlier than turning 19, behind solely LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.
