{"id":635378,"date":"2026-03-06T03:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/635378\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T03:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:02:16","slug":"cooper-flagg-returns-but-mavericks-fall-to-magic-115-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/635378\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg returns, but Mavericks fall to Magic 115-114"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. grabbed an offensive rebound, but before he could attempt a shot, <a href=\"https:\/\/alldlls.com\/mavericks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Mavericks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/alldlls.com\/tag\/cooper-flagg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cooper Flagg;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cooper Flagg<\/a> blocked it.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg, who returned after missing eight games with a left midfoot sprain, converted an and-one on the other end to give the Mavericks a two-possession lead with 37.3 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But Magic guard Jalen Suggs answered with a 3-pointer, followed by a Carter dunk on the next possession to lift Orlando to a 115-114 win over Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg missed a potential go-ahead shot in the final minute. The Mavericks then turned the ball over on their final possession when they threw the ball out of bounds without getting a shot off.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg finished with 18 points, six rebounds, five assists and four blocks in the loss. The Mavericks have now dropped five straight games.<\/p>\n<p>With less than three minutes remaining, Mavericks guard <a href=\"https:\/\/alldlls.com\/tag\/klay-thompson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Klay Thompson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Klay Thompson<\/a> hit a 3-pointer off a screen to tie the game at 105.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Khris Middleton followed with a contested midrange jumper to give Dallas a 107-105 lead. On the Mavericks\u2019 next possession, Middleton hit another midrange shot to put Dallas ahead 111-110, but Orlando\u2019s late baskets proved decisive.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson scored 24 points and made seven 3-pointers. The Mavericks hit 14 from beyond the arc after making just three in their previous game. Middleton added 19 points and a team-high seven assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. grabbed an offensive rebound, but before he could attempt a shot, Dallas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":635379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[2494,3139,33389,23227,3364,1260,3121,62,11019,67,132,68,177275],"class_list":{"0":"post-635378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-cooper-flagg","9":"tag-dallas-mavericks","10":"tag-jalen-suggs","11":"tag-khris-middleton","12":"tag-klay-thompson","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-orlando-magic","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-the-mavericks","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-wendell-carter-jr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116180008671653791","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635378","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=635378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}