{"id":543095,"date":"2026-01-17T17:17:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/543095\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:17:21","slug":"is-cooper-flagg-playing-tonight-mavericks-vs-jazz-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/543095\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Cooper Flagg playing tonight? Mavericks vs. Jazz injury report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/dallas-mavericks\/mavericks-news-cooper-flagg-injury-jazz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Mavericks may again be without rookie standout Cooper Flagg<\/a> as they prepare to face the Utah Jazz for the second time this week.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas (16\u201326) hosts Utah (14\u201327) on Saturday evening at 5:00 p.m. ET, continuing a four-game homestand. The Mavericks\u2019 injury report released Saturday morning listed Flagg as <a href=\"https:\/\/official.nba.com\/nba-injury-report-2025-26-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">doubtful<\/a> with a left ankle sprain, casting uncertainty over his availability.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg has been managing the ankle issue since earlier in the week and <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/dallas-mavericks\/is-cooper-flagg-playing-tonight-mavericks-vs-jazz-injury-report\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">did not appear in Thursday\u2019s meeting<\/a> between the two teams. Dallas controlled that contest from the opening minutes, pulling away for a 144\u2013122 victory behind a balanced offensive effort. The win improved the Mavericks to 16\u201326 and marked one of their most efficient outings of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old rookie has been a central piece of Dallas\u2019 rotation throughout his first NBA campaign. Flagg has taken on significant responsibility on both ends of the floor, frequently serving as a primary scoring option and late-game decision-maker. Through 42 games this season, he is averaging 18.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game while logging heavy minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper Flagg injury looms as Mavericks close homestand vs. Jazz<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3641879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cooper-Flagg-layup.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg (32) drives for a score against the Philadelphia 76ers during the second quarter at Xfinity Mobile Arena.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Utah enters Saturday\u2019s matchup coming off Thursday\u2019s loss in Dallas and continues to navigate a difficult stretch. The Jazz have dropped seven of their last 10 games and remain near the bottom of the Western Conference standings as they work through injuries and lineup adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s contest marks the final game of the Mavericks\u2019 current homestand. Following the matchup with Utah, Dallas will travel to New York for a road meeting with the New York Knicks (25\u201316) on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET, with the game airing on NBC Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas will then return home to open a two-game stand Thursday night against the Golden State Warriors (23\u201319) at 7:30 p.m. ET on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p>Final confirmation on Flagg\u2019s status is expected closer to tipoff as Dallas continues to evaluate his left ankle ahead of Saturday\u2019s rematch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks may again be without rookie standout Cooper Flagg as they prepare to face the Utah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3785],"tags":[7,225,149,423,6,14502,422,427,3972],"class_list":{"0":"post-543095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-jazz","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cooper-flagg","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-jazz","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-injury","14":"tag-utah","15":"tag-utah-jazz","16":"tag-utahjazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115911580535325166","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}