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Latest completed news editionNovember 9, 2026Released 7:00 AM ET
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Flagg’s 12 assists showed where the easy offense came from

Cooper Flagg paired 25 points with a career-high 12 assists, including five passes that Daniel Gafford turned into baskets.

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Reporting: NBA.com · NBA.com / Gracie Villiard · Mavs Moneyball

Our read: Flagg’s passing is most valuable when it converts extra defensive attention into rim attempts. One game does not establish a finished formula, but the Gafford connection is a concrete version Dallas can revisit.

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Game preview

The Pacers rematch arrives one night after Dallas’s blowout

Dallas hosts Indiana after limiting its main players’ minutes Sunday; the Pacers are trying to correct a first meeting that was effectively decided by halftime.

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Reporting: Madie Chandler-Donahue · Indiana Pacers / NBA.com · NBA.com / NBA.com · Indiana Pacers
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Game recap

Dallas turned the Brooklyn test into a 37-point runway

The Mavericks beat the Nets 130-93 with season-best shooting, a 64-40 paint advantage and enough control to protect the rotation before another game Monday.

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Reporting: Dwain Price · Dallas Mavericks / Field Level Media · Reuters

Updated November 9, 2026: Updated Nov. 9: Dallas beat Brooklyn 130-93 behind Cooper Flagg’s 25 points and career-high 12 assists, scoring a season-high 130 while keeping every player under 29 minutes before Monday’s game.

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Irving, Aldama and Christie are clear; Brooklyn will miss two guards

Kyrie Irving, Santi Aldama and Max Christie are off Dallas’s injury report, while Brooklyn coach Jordi Fernández ruled out Egor Dëmin and Mikel Brown Jr.

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Reporting: NBA Communications · NBA Official / Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Brian Lewis · New York Post
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Player development

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Johnson’s first double-double came from relentless second chances

Morez Johnson Jr. posted 13 points and 17 rebounds—including 10 offensive boards—for the first double-double of his NBA career.

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Reporting: Eddie Sefko · Dallas Mavericks / NBA.com · NBA.com / Field Level Media · Reuters
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Availability

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Aldama and Christie are probable; Utah is missing two veteran bigs

Santi Aldama and Max Christie are probable for Friday’s NBA Cup game, while Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkić are out for Utah.

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Reporting: NBA Official · NBA Official / Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Kato Parina · SLC Dunk
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Cooper Flagg

Flagg’s verified 2025-26 profile—21.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists over 70 games—provides a historical baseline for understanding a second-year career-high 12-assist performance.

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