Mavericks Beat Heat 113-109 to Drop Miami to 0-4: Cooper Flagg Scores 29 With 11 Assists and a Clutch Late Block
Cooper Flagg had 29 points and 11 assists, plus blocked a shot that would have given Miami the lead in the final moments, as the Dallas Mavericks sent the reeling Heat to 0-4 with a 113-109 win on Monday night, October 26, at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. Giannis Antetokounmpo had his first triple-double since joining the Heat, finishing with 29 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists, and Davion Mitchell scored 21 for Miami.
P.J. Washington added 20 points, Kyrie Irving scored 18 and Walter Clayton Jr. had 15 for Dallas. Flagg had 12 of his points in the fourth quarter, and his block of a 3-point try by Andrew Wiggins with 31 seconds left preserved a two-point Mavericks lead.
Miami started slowly, getting down 19-11 midway through the opening quarter, then outscored Dallas 37-17 over the next 12 minutes to take a 12-point lead, its biggest so far this season. Dallas was up 53-52 at the half, Miami settled for an 84-83 lead going into the final period, and Dallas took the lead back midway through the fourth and kept it the rest of the way, on a night when Miami missed 11 of 25 free throws. The Heat are 0-4 for the fifth time in team history, the first since 2008-09.
It was the first meeting between first-year Dallas coach Dusty May and Miami coach Erik Spoelstra. May coached nearby Florida Atlantic to the 2023 Final Four, and his son Jack worked in Miami's video room before joining his father's Dallas staff. 'He's a heck of a coach,' Spoelstra said of May. The Mavericks host Oklahoma City on Wednesday night, and the Heat visit Atlanta on Wednesday night.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：Cooper Flagg 效力 Duke 大学时期在比赛中扣篮（资料图，2025年3月摄，非本场比赛画面）。图片：Joe Loong 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0（Wikimedia Commons）。Photo: Cooper Flagg dunking during his time at Duke (file photo, March 2025; not from this game). Credit: Joe Loong, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
