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Dallas Mavericks beat Indiana Pacers 125-122 as Cooper Flagg scores season-high 43 and Kyrie Irving adds 35
Cooper Flagg had 43 and 10, Kyrie Irving hit seven threes for 35, and Dallas erased a 13-point deficit to win its third straight.
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Cooper Flagg scored a season-high 43 points with 10 rebounds, Kyrie Irving added 35, and the Dallas Mavericks came back from 13 down to beat the Indiana Pacers 125-122 at American Airlines Center on Monday, November 9. Dallas won its third straight game, swept a three-game homestand and improved to 7-4. Indiana fell to 3-8.
Flagg shot 16-of-25 from the field, 3-of-6 from three and 8-of-8 at the line, and added 6 assists and 3 steals in 39 minutes. It was his fourth straight double-double. Irving went 11-of-18 with a season-high seven threes, and his 35 points tied his best this season. He played 38 minutes, his most of the season, on the second night of a back-to-back.
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Siakam’s first half
Pascal Siakam carried Indiana early. He scored 26 points in the first half on 8-of-9 shooting, 5-of-6 from three, and his 23-footer with 1:36 left in the second quarter gave the Pacers their biggest lead at 63-50. Indiana led 66-56 at halftime. Siakam finished with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, but scored only three after the break.
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How Dallas came back
Flagg scored 14 points in the third quarter as Dallas chipped away, and Irving’s driving layup tied it 84-84 with 3:40 left in the period. Indiana still led 93-90 after three.
Then Flagg and Irving took over. They scored Dallas’ first 13 points of the fourth quarter, starting with Flagg’s 25-foot three that tied it 93-93, and Irving’s three free throws made it 103-99 with 8:30 left. Flagg’s three from the top with 5:23 left made it 113-108, and Dallas led by as many as eight.
Aaron Nesmith kept Indiana alive with two threes in the last minute. The first cut it to 120-119 with 52.1 seconds left. Flagg answered with an 18-foot pull-up for a 123-119 lead with 26.3 seconds left, Nesmith’s second three made it 123-122, and Irving made two free throws with 18 seconds to go. Nesmith missed a 24-foot pull-up, P.J. Washington missed both free throws with four seconds left, and Caleb Martin tipped away Andrew Nembhard’s pass near the sideline to end it.
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Around the box
Washington had 13 points and 9 rebounds, Santi Aldama scored 10 off the bench, and Daniel Gafford added 8 points in 20 minutes. Dallas outrebounded Indiana 43-27 and got 10 offensive rebounds to the Pacers’ one. The Mavericks were without Dereck Lively II.
For Indiana, Nesmith scored 18 with four threes, Ivica Zubac had 16 on 5-of-7 shooting, and Nembhard had 12 points and 12 assists. Kelly Oubre Jr. added 14 off the bench. The Pacers had 35 assists on 43 baskets and played again without Tyrese Haliburton. Attendance was 19,065.
What’s next
The Pacers host the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, November 11, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The Mavericks visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, November 12, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Friday Cairo time).
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