{"id":518789,"date":"2026-01-15T21:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/518789\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T21:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:10:13","slug":"cooper-flagg-ankle-sprain-doubtful-for-dallas-mavericks-matchup-with-utah-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/518789\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg (ankle sprain) doubtful for Dallas Mavericks\u2019 matchup with Utah Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> could be without standout rookie Cooper Flagg as they close out a back-to-back Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Mavericks listed Flagg as doubtful for Thursday\u2019s game at American Airlines Center. Flagg left Wednesday\u2019s game, a 118-109 loss to the Denver Nuggets,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2026\/01\/14\/dallas-mavericks-cooper-flagg-sprained-ankle-injury\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2026\/01\/14\/dallas-mavericks-cooper-flagg-sprained-ankle-injury\/\"> with a left ankle sprain.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WZ66EUNG3ZE6FLI2IV6Z5HYKI4.jpg\" alt=\"Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray, right, goes up for a basket against Dallas Mavericks...\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Flagg rolled his ankle at the 6:01 mark of the second quarter while defending Nuggets forward Peyton Watson. Flagg went directly to the locker room and returned to the game with 2 minutes and 35 seconds left in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Mavericks<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Be the smartest Mavericks fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">He winced as he brought the ball up on his first possession following the injury. While Flagg finished out the rest of the second quarter, he did not return to the game after the halftime break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Flagg isn\u2019t the only injured Mavericks player to monitor. Daniel Gafford (right ankle sprain), P.J. Washington (right ankle), Moussa Cisse and Miles Kelly were listed as questionable on the team\u2019s injury report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Gafford also left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2026\/01\/14\/dallas-mavericks-cooper-flagg-ankle-denver-nuggets-klay-thompson\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2026\/01\/14\/dallas-mavericks-cooper-flagg-ankle-denver-nuggets-klay-thompson\/\">Wednesday night\u2019s game<\/a> early due to a right ankle sprain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Max Christie (illness) is also doubtful for the Utah matchup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">This post will be updated as more information becomes available. Staff writer Mike Curtis contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Find more Mavericks coverage from <\/b><b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b><b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks could be without standout rookie Cooper Flagg as they close out a back-to-back Thursday night.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":518790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,2494,1596,3139,20787,6650,1260,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-518789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-cooper-flagg","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-injury-update","13":"tag-mavericks","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115901171266011029","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}