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Mavs' Flagg torches Clips, leaps LeBron as youngest to score 35

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Cooper Flagg packed a lot of history into the Dallas Mavericks' back-to-back games against the NBA's two Los Angeles squads.

On Friday night, Flagg dished out 11 assists, the most ever by an 18-year-old, in a loss to the Lakers.

Twenty-four hours later, Flagg became the youngest player ever to score 35 points in a game, a feat that was much more satisfying because it occurred as he led an injury-depleted Dallas team to a 114-110 win over the Clippers at the Intuit Dome.

"He's only 18 years old, but he seems like he's been in this league before," Mavs coach Jason Kidd said.