Cooper Flagg scored 96 points in two games — 51 vs Orlando, 45 vs the Lakers — becoming only the second rookie after Wilt to do that.
Cooper Flagg just did something only Wilt Chamberlain has done before him. The 19-year-old Dallas Mavericks forward exploded for 96 points across two games this weekend — 51 against the Orlando Magic on Friday night, then 45 against LeBron James and the Lakers on Sunday.
The 51-point outing made Flagg the highest-scoring teenager in NBA history, surpassing a record that had stood for decades. He followed it up by outdueling LeBron in a near triple-double performance that sealed a Mavericks win. Back-to-back 40-point games from a rookie hadn't happened since Allen Iverson did it in 1997.
The ROTY race has completely flipped. Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets entered the weekend as the -300 favorite, with Flagg trailing at +225. After this historic stretch, Flagg is now -250 and Knueppel has dropped to +180. With five games left in the regular season, Flagg may have sealed it. The kid from Maine isn't just competing — he's rewriting the record books.