Mavericks, Anthony Davis and Brooklyn Nets
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The Brooklyn Nets have a higher three-point rate than 28 other teams in the NBA. They want to shoot threes, but the Mavericks didn't seem prepared for that. Brooklyn ended up shooting 17/39 from three in this game, a big reason why they kept hanging around.
The Dallas Mavericks concluded the two-game homestand against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. The Mavericks defeated the Nets 119-111 at the American Airlines Center.
The Dallas Mavericks (9-16), who have won four of their last five, host the Brooklyn Nets (6-17) at American Airlines Center on Friday night.
Flagg is now 25 games into his NBA career, where he's averaging 17.5 PPG, 6.3 RPG, and 3.4 APG. And with Friday's win, he joined LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Victor Wembanyama as the only players in NBA history with 400+ points, 150+ rebounds, 30+ steals, and 20+ threes made in the first 25 games of a career, per OptaStats.
The Mavericks have ruled out Kyrie Irving and Dante Exum as they remain sidelined while recovering from injuries but the good news for Dallas is that Klay Thompson is off the injury report and will play after missing Saturday’s victory due to a knee injury.
Suns lead 1-0 with a 125-108 road win Dec. 1 The Lakers are coming off a 132-119 home loss to the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Cup quarterfinals Wednesday as 7-point favorites with the the Over (243) cashing.