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Flagg's Rookie Year: Ankle Injury, ROY Race
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Cooper Flaggs electric rookie year with the Dallas Mavericks hit a snag in their final game against Chicago, where he sprained his left ankle. Despite this setback, Flagg has been neck and neck with Kon Knueppel for Rookie of the Year honors, averaging twenty-one points, five point four rebounds, and four point five assists over seventy games. He made headlines with his impressive scoring, dropping ninety-six points across two games late in the season, including a fifty-one point explosion against Orlando, making him the first teenager ever to hit fifty in an NBA game. Flaggs dominance started at Duke, where he led them to the Final Four and snagged AP Player of the Year. Now, all eyes are on his recovery and the ROY call.
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