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Cooper Flagg Dominates with 29 Points, Dallas Adds to Winless Miami’s Misery with 113-109 Victory

Flagg added 29 points and 11 assists as Dallas snapped Miami’s chance at a first win and sent the Heat to 0-4.

  • The Houston Rockets defeated the Dallas Mavericks 128-110 in Wednesday night's season opener, with the Rockets shooting 52.2% from the floor led by Kevin Durant.
  • Houston outscored Dallas 38-12 in the second quarter, building a dominant 70-38 halftime lead after the Mavericks missed all 14 of their second-quarter 3-point attempts.
  • Jabari Smith and Kevin Durant each scored 30 points for Houston, while Alperen Sengun added 23 points, yet rookie Cooper Flagg led the Mavericks with 32 points.
  • Marcus Sasser added 17 points off the bench for Dallas, while Kyrie Irving scored 15 points in his first game since March 3, 2025, when he tore his ACL.
  • Fred VanVleet tallied a game-high 11 assists for Houston, while the Mavericks shot 51.2% from the floor despite the lopsided loss, demonstrating competitive shooting despite the deficit.
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Then the highlights of the Monday day of the NBA. Flagg melts the Heat The Antetokounmpo era in Miami has begun with an unexpected full of four defeats, three of them at home. On Monday Cooper Flagg and his Dallas Mavericks provoked it, which imposed themselves at home to the Heat for 113-109. Flagg, one of the league’s greatest future stars at 19 years old, signed a monumental account despite that the previous game was lost due to a problem on …

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Giannis Antetokounmpo stood out with a triple-double, but Miami did not avoid defeat by Dallas, on a night with rich NBA action and important victories for the Celtics, Bucks and Thunder. The post Antetokounmpo “triple-double”, but fourth consecutive defeat for the Heat – All the results of the night (vid) appeared first on in.gr.

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Chicago (USA), Oct 26 (EFE).- The Dallas Mavericks won by 113-109 this Monday to the Miami Heat, which accumulate four defeats in four games in the age of Giannis Antetokounmpo, on a night in which Spanish Sergio de Larrea retired in the second quarter for an injury to the right knee. Antetokounmpo [...] La entrada 109-113. The Mavs give another dislike to Antetokounmpo and De Larrea retires by injury was first published in HolaNews.

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Cooper Flagg returns to put up 29 as Mavericks keep Heat winless

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KMJ-AF1 broke the news on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
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