‘Keep Shooting It’: Cooper Flagg Not Worried About 3-Point Percentage After 3-Of-5 Night In Dallas Mavericks’ Rout Of Brooklyn Nets

DALLAS — Cooper Flagg made 3 of his 5 3-point attempts Sunday night. He entered the game shooting 21.6% from three-point range this season.

Flagg finished with 25 points, 5 rebounds, and a career-high 12 assists in the Dallas Mavericks’ 130-93 win over the Brooklyn Nets at American Airlines Center. His 3-pointers came at the end of the first quarter, early in the second, and on Dallas’ first possession of the fourth.

Mavericks coach Dusty May said before tip-off that it is probably too early to judge Dallas’ early-season numbers, and he does not even like looking at the team’s 3-point percentages yet. Flagg said he does not overanalyze stats, numbers, or percentages.

“I think personally, I mean, I guess to an extent, you always are evaluating your stats and seeing what areas you’re good in and where you need to improve,” Flagg said. “But also, to an extent, I think I don’t overanalyze any of the stats or the numbers or percentages. I think the coaching staff, my teammates, they voice their confidence in me and what I can do. So I kind of forget about all that.”

“I’m just out there trying to play and trying to win and compete at the highest level,” Flagg continued. “And whatever the right play looks like to me in the moment, I’m trusting my instincts, trusting my gut, and I think my coach and my teammates have my back on that.”

“Like the three-point percentage, obviously hasn’t been great, but I still trust myself,” Flagg added. “I think my teammates trust me, my coaches. So I’m gonna keep shooting it, and I worked on it all summer. I worked on it all last year, so I’m not worried about anything.”

Dusty May On Cooper Flagg’s Rebounds In Traffic

Flagg grabbed 5 rebounds, all on the defensive end, in 28 minutes, 25 seconds. He had 14 points by the end of the first quarter. May said Flagg battled for several of those boards in traffic and tipped a couple of others to teammates without getting credit.

“He made some really, really nice plays, good decisions, and then I thought the shot clock three was big for him,” May said. “Made a really nice individual play and banged it in, and just he played a very consistent game across the board.”

“Even I thought his five rebounds, sometimes you walk in here and you look at the five rebounds … I thought he had several, just rebounds in traffic,” May detailed. “And I thought he was up battling and then tipped a couple to his teammates, and he didn’t get the stat, but I thought he was mixing it up on the glass as well tonight as he has all year.”

Flagg came in averaging 23.9 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 6.4 assists. He had made 87.9% of his free throws before going 6-of-6 on Sunday.

Flagg Still Chasing His First NBA Triple-Double

Flagg finished 5 rebounds shy of the first triple-double of his NBA career. He came within a rebound and an assist of one as a rookie, finishing with 33 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists in a 131-130 win over Denver on Dec. 23, 2025.

This season, he had 29 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists at Miami on Oct. 26 and 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists against Utah on Friday. It is not something he looks at much, Flagg said.

“I’ve been very close,” Flagg explained. “I think tonight I had a couple tip rebounds that should have counted. I would have been a little bit closer, but I mean, like I said, I don’t really look at it that much. At the end of the day, we came out, did our job, followed the game plan, and made a lot of good winning plays.”

The Mavericks (6-4) host the Indiana Pacers on Monday at 7 p.m. CT.