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Cooper Flagg and P.J. Washington lift the Mavericks past the Jazz 112-100
P.J. Washington scored 26 and Cooper Flagg added 21 points 10 rebounds and 7 assists as Dallas beat Utah in NBA Cup play.
Dallas needed a second-half surge and got it from its young core.
Cooper Flagg scored 21 points with 10 rebounds and seven assists and P.J. Washington poured in a season-high 26 as the Mavericks beat the Utah Jazz 112-100 on Friday night in Emirates NBA Cup group play at American Airlines Center.
Kyrie Irving added 14 points after a cold start. The Mavericks improved in Cup play while Utah fell to 1-8 after its seventh straight loss.
Washington sets the table
Washington scored 22 of his 26 points before halftime and the teams were tied 57-57 at the break. He finished 6 of 10 from three-point range.
Flagg had six rebounds and six assists in a quiet first half then scored 17 after the break. Irving started 1 of 11 from the field and still finished with 12 of his 14 points after halftime.
The run that decided it
Flagg and Irving combined for 21 points in a 22-10 third-quarter burst that flipped a one-point deficit into an 81-70 lead. Rookie Morez Johnson Jr. capped the stretch with an alley-oop dunk for his first career double-double (13 points and 17 rebounds).
Lauri Markkanen scored 24 and rookie Darryn Peterson had a career-high 21 for Utah. Santi Aldama added eight points and nine rebounds in his first game since February after a summer trade from Memphis.
The Mavericks host Brooklyn on Sunday. Utah visits Minnesota the same day.
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