Flagg scores 25, Mavericks rout Nets 130-93 without trailing

Cooper Flagg scored 25 points with 12 assists and the Dallas Mavericks never trailed in a 130-93 rout of the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, November 8.

Flagg played 28 minutes and made 8 of 13 shots, including three of five from 3-point range, and all six of his free throws. Dallas won the first quarter 33-26 and took each of the next three.

The Mavericks (6-4) pulled away in the second quarter, when a 10-0 run made it 54-32. They won that quarter 33-20 and scored 34 more in the third.

Kyrie Irving scored 21 points on 9-of-15 shooting. Daniel Gafford had 18 on 7-of-8 shooting with three blocks in 19 minutes, and Santi Aldama scored 12 off the bench.

Dallas led 111-86 when the final five minutes began and outscored Brooklyn 19-7 the rest of the way. A closing 10-0 run starting at 2:08 left the Nets stuck on 93.

Jett Howard hit a 29-foot 3-pointer and two free throws in that run, and Moussa Cisse made two free throws with 22.7 seconds left for the final score.

Michael Porter Jr. led the Nets (2-8) with 19 points and nine rebounds but made 5 of 15 shots. Nolan Traoré scored 14 on 6-of-15 shooting, and Julius Randle had 13 points and finished minus-33. Mikel Brown Jr. was out.

Brooklyn shot 31 of 80 from the field and 11 of 39 from 3-point range. Dallas made 20 of 22 free throws and got 58 points from its bench to Brooklyn's 31.

Up next

Nets: at the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, November 11.

Mavericks: home against the Indiana Pacers on Monday, November 9.