Cooper Flagg saved his biggest night of the season for the moment Dallas needed it most.

The second-year forward scored a season-high 43 points with 10 rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks came back to beat the Indiana Pacers 125-122 on Monday night. Kyrie Irving added 35 points and tied his season high with seven 3-pointers.

Flagg scored 30 of his points after halftime. He and Irving combined for 26 points in the fourth quarter, including Dallas' first 13 of the period, as the Mavericks outscored Indiana 35-29 down the stretch.

Irving handles the back-to-back

Irving is back this season after missing 19 months with a torn ACL. He had sat out the second night of Dallas' first back-to-back but played 28 minutes in Sunday's 130-93 rout of Brooklyn and then a season-high 38 minutes against Indiana.

Dallas finished a 3-0 homestand and moved to 7-4. That puts the Mavericks three games over .500 for the first time since March 2025. Flagg now has four straight double-doubles and five this season.

A wild finish

Indiana led 66-56 at halftime behind Pascal Siakam, who made 8 of 9 shots in the first half and had 26 points by the break. He finished with 29 but scored only three after halftime.

Aaron Nesmith hit two 3-pointers in the final minute to keep the Pacers alive and pulled them within 123-122. Irving made two free throws with 18 seconds left. P.J. Washington then missed a pair at the line with four seconds to go, but Caleb Martin tipped away Indiana's final inbounds pass near the sideline to seal it.

Indiana fell to 3-8 and hosts Washington on Wednesday. Dallas plays at Minnesota on Thursday.