Top draft pick Cooper Flagg has become the first 18-year-old to score 40 points in an NBA game, but his efforts weren't enough to prevent Dallas falling to a 140-133 loss against Utah.
Flagg, who turns 19 on Sunday, passed his previous personal best of 34 points with a hook shot over the top of Ace Bailey in the fourth quarter before reaching 40 with a free throw in the final seconds of regulation time.
With a pair of foul shots in overtime on Tuesday (AEDT), the former Duke Blue Devil had the equal-highest scoring game for any Mavericks rookie in the franchise's 46-year history.
