Overview
- Cleared before tipoff with a 20–25 minute cap, the 19-year-old logged 25:49 and posted 18 points, six assists, five rebounds and four blocks in his first game since Feb. 10.
- Wendell Carter Jr. won it for Orlando 115–114 with a dunk at 1.4 seconds after Flagg’s midrange attempt missed on the prior possession.
- With his first basket, Flagg became the second-youngest player in NBA history to reach 1,000 career points, trailing only LeBron James, according to ESPN.
- Klay Thompson hit seven threes to lead Dallas with 24 points and moved past Ray Allen for the most combined regular-season and playoff three-pointers.
- The loss marked Dallas’s fifth straight during a rough stretch, and the team will monitor Flagg’s foot with a back-to-back in Boston up next.