{"id":700829,"date":"2026-04-06T04:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/700829\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T04:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:44:29","slug":"cooper-flagg-sets-nba-milestone-with-30-5-5-game-against-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/700829\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg Sets NBA Milestone with 30-5-5 Game Against Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks<\/a> rookie Cooper Flagg<\/a> kept the momentum going on Sunday in a home matchup against LeBron James<\/a> and the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Flagg is coming off an awe-inspiring performance<\/a> on Friday against the Orlando Magic<\/a>, dropping a career-high 51 points in Dallas\u2019 138-127 loss.<\/p>\n

Flagg has been on a heater for the Mavs of late, and he kept his foot on the gas against the Lakers on Sunday. He went off in the first half, scoring 26 points on 9-of-16 shooting, to go along with five rebounds, four assists, three steals, one block and two three-pointers in just 20 minutes of action. <\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/p>\n

Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg.Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Flagg did not let up after the break. He scored his 30th point in the third quarter, allowing him to rewrite the NBA<\/a> history books yet again.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks took to social media to announce Flagg\u2019s latest career milestone.<\/p>\n

\u201cCooper Flagg has produced his fifth career 30-5-5 game tonight vs. LAL. He has passed Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/a> (4) for the 2nd-most 30-5-5 games by a teenager in NBA history. LeBron James (11) has the most,\u201d Mavs PR posted on X.<\/p>\n

It is interesting to note that Flagg passed Mavs legend and current Lakers star Luka Doncic<\/a> for the second-most 30-5-5 games by a teenager. The narrative becomes even more compelling now that Flagg is ranked second behind the all-time 30-5-5 teenage leader, LeBron James.<\/p>\n

The Mavs\u2019 announcement also indicates that Flagg has more 30-5-5 games than the entire rookie class combined. This further strengthens his claim for the Rookie of the Year title in what has become a tight race<\/a> against Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s a close game in Dallas on Sunday night. As of writing, it’s Flagg and Co. who are up 105-96 with 32.0 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Flagg already has 36 points, six rebounds and eight assists.<\/p>\n

Related: Mavericks Announce Klay Thompson Injury Update Amid 15th NBA Season<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Apr 6, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg kept the momentum going on Sunday in a home matchup against LeBron James…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,473,225,149,968,4034,1698,300,4044,185,251,150,4033,4043,368,6,76],"class_list":{"0":"post-700829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-charlotte-hornets","10":"tag-cooper-flagg","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-kon-knueppel","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-la-lakers","15":"tag-lakers","16":"tag-lalakers","17":"tag-lebron-james","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","20":"tag-losangeles","21":"tag-losangeleslakers","22":"tag-luka-doncic","23":"tag-nba","24":"tag-orlando-magic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116355946035735898","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700829","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=700829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}