Dallas leads from the opening minutes
The Dallas Mavericks never let Brooklyn breathe overnight. Cooper Flagg finished with 25 points and 12 assists in a 130-93 win over the Nets, and the margin tells most of the story: Dallas led from start to finish, shot 57.1% from the field and picked up its second straight victory.
Flagg scored 20 of his points before halftime, more than anyone else on the floor. His three-point play stretched the lead to 30-21 in the first quarter, and he beat the buzzer with a three to make it 33-26. Kyrie Irving added 21 points and Daniel Gafford 18, including a pair of three-point plays in the first two minutes of the second quarter that pushed the lead to 44-30.
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A 20-point cushion by the break
Flagg and Naji Marshall hit threes on either side of a 10-0 run that made it 54-32, and Dallas took a 20-point lead into the locker room. The third quarter was where the game got away. A 12-2 burst, capped by a Gafford dunk and an Irving layup with 4:26 left in the period, made it 92-62. Santi Aldama and Irving then stretched the margin to 100-71 heading into the fourth.
Brooklyn found some rhythm late, with Josh Minott hitting back-to-back threes in an 8-0 run, but it was well past mattering. Michael Porter Jr. led the Nets with 19 points and nine rebounds, Nolan Traore had 14 and Julius Randle 13.
The result keeps a pattern alive. Dallas has now beaten Brooklyn four times in a row, while the Nets have lost eight of their first 10 games this season.
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