{"id":697647,"date":"2026-04-04T12:09:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697647\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T12:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:09:44","slug":"magic-overcome-cooper-flaggs-51-point-night-as-mavericks-lose-14th-straight-home-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697647\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic overcome Cooper Flagg’s 51-point night as Mavericks lose 14th straight home game"},"content":{"rendered":"

DALLAS (AP) \u2014 Wendell Carter Jr.<\/a> scored 28 points and the Orlando Magic<\/a> beat Dallas 138-127 on Friday night, overcoming a 51-point showing from rookie No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg<\/a> and handing the Mavericks<\/a> their 14th consecutive loss at home.<\/p>\n

Desmond Bane<\/a> had 27 points as the Magic remained a half-game behind eighth-place Charlotte in the Eastern Conference. Orlando is safely in the play-in tournament with an outside shot at the top six and automatic entry into the East playoffs.<\/p>\n

Coach Jason Kidd and Maji Marshall were ejected seconds apart early in the fourth quarter for the lottery-bound Mavericks, who are on their longest home losing streak at 25-year-old American Airlines Center. Dallas lost the first 19 games of the 1993-94 season at since-demolished Reunion Arena.<\/p>\n

Flagg was caught up in the disagreement that led to Kidd’s ejection, drawing his own technical foul before Kidd went onto the court apparently to protest the same non-call that drew Flagg’s ire.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old responded with 24 points in the fourth quarter to become the youngest in NBA<\/a> history with a 50-point game.<\/p>\n

Assistant coach Frank Vogel, who filled in for Kidd, briefly pulled Flagg late in the fourth quarter when he had 45 points. After returning, Flagg hit a corner 3-pointer, then clinched 50 points with a bucket and foul, making the free throw and coming out of the game to standing ovation.<\/p>\n

Flagg went 19 of 30 from the field, including 6 of 9 from long range, and made all seven free throws.<\/p>\n

Jalen Suggs<\/a> and Tristan da Silva<\/a> scored 19 points apiece for the Magic, and Franz Wagner<\/a> added 18.<\/p>\n

Brandon Williams<\/a> scored 23 points for Dallas.<\/p>\n

P.J. Washington Jr., Dallas’ third-leading scorer, missed a third consecutive game with an illness.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Magic: At New Orleans on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Mavericks: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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