BREAKOUT: Cooper Flagg’s Emergence as a Star & Anthony Davis Lead Dallas Mavericks to Win vs Nuggets
The Dallas Mavericks got a huge NBA win against the Denver Nuggets behind a breakout performance from rookie Cooper Flagg and strong play from Anthony Davis. The Mavs’ impressive victory featured big moments, clutch scoring, and highlights that showcased their depth even without Kyrie Irving available.
Nick Angstadt and Slightly Biased break down how Cooper Flagg dominated against the Nuggets, Anthony Davis’ impact on both ends, and what the Dallas Mavericks’ guard rotation looked like with key injuries. The episode covers standout performances from Daniel Gafford, Naji Marshall, Caleb Martin, D’Angelo Russell, Ryan Nembhard, and touches on important role players missing like Klay Thompson, Dereck Lively II, PJ Washington, and Max Christie. The hosts also discuss coaching decisions by Jason Kidd, the vision of Nico Harrison, and the effects of missing stars like Kyrie Irving and Dwight Powell (😏). Tune in as Nick Angstadt and Slightly Biased share detailed NBA postgame analysis, what’s next for the Mavs, and what this game means for the ongoing season!
0:00 Cooper Flag Breakout Game
12:08 Anthony Davis’ Impact & Rotation Adjustments
21:47 Gafford/AD Closing Lineup Analysis & Role Players
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33 Comments
What's 1 reason the Mavs beat the Nuggets?
Whats funny is that we landed cooper Flagg because of Nico if he never trade Luka cooper wouldn’t have landed. We trade Luka and ad plus kyrie gets injured which causes us to get in the lottery!! Cooper > Luka
My movement from before they fired nico , Build it , They will come , Hire Dirk as GM , Fans back, LUKA BACK !
Make it so
when kyrie comes back, Trouble
You owe Nico an apology. Nico AD Kyrie can win a chip.
I knew Cooper was HIM. But he FINALLY put it together. THIS is the future we're looking at. Once he gets that 3ball falling, it's gonna open up the driving lanes for him EVEN MORE. And he's gonna have some seriously EASY 30 point triple doubles. At the half, didn't he have like 22 points on 6 of 7 shooting?
I really enjoyed watching the Nuggets flounder. Went to that zone defense and the Mavs ate it up. So the Nuggets go extra big. Yeah, the Mavs can do that too.
I like the game but our defense was so bad and we got lucky with the missed final shot. The energy and effort is lacking on a big scale
Curious, when Kyrie comes back, with all this talk of Trading AD, do we not think Mavs might have a legit chance to be title contenders next 3 seasons with a Healthy Kyrie, more seasoned Cooper Flagg(who looks ready to take the shoulders of this team) and AD? Not to mention a hopefully a quality 2026 draft pick from a loaded draft class? Plus Max Christie, PJ Washington, Lively (hopefully decently healthy, big if) Naji Marshal, Ryan Nemhardt, Brandon Williams. Im also keen on Miles Kelly as a good roster player who can shoot and be part of the rotation. We will need another shooter at minimum on the team to spread the floor and or a good point of attack defender. But im beginning to be ok with keeping AD and looking to trade Klay, Gafford, D'angelo Russell instead as our main focus. Sure we need draft picks but man im willing to tak a chance to keep this team together if we are high on being able actually win it the next couple of seasons. Its so hard to win a Chip, This window might already be there, just go and see if you can
No tanking should be tolerated…our rookies need to gone head and get a good feel of what the playoff is like to get tha experience out the way and keep that winning mentality going
we won because low IQ PJ was out
4:56 ……. Ligaments are fully developed in the thumb by the time a person is born or shortly thereafter, as part of the normal anatomical structure of the joint.
You got me lol.
You gotta sell high before AD gets hurt. It’s a well documented history. It’s fool’s gold
Kyrie ,Cooper and Ad will be a great 👍
The thumbnail makes Flagg look like an epic douche… on the level of Jake Paul or dare I say Donald Trump.
Are we potentially watching the most dangerous 8th seed in playoff history?
They won because they played well as a team and double teaming by Denver didn’t work bc AD and Coop know how to break it. The only reason the game was close was THJ shooting lights out, but as usual, bricked a couple in the clutch. Coop put on a show for NBC audience.
AD 🔥Mavs plz don’t trade AD. Coop feeds off AD and it’s a beautiful thing to see when Coop is eating, the and 1 is is dropping, those 3’s are starting to fall. They are big brother lil brother ❤️
Luka fans are forever mad 😂, the pain if the mavs win a chip with ad 😂.
Just starting the vid let’s see if Isaac says anything positive about AD lol
Lmaooo he disappeared
13:00 the Luka mention is facts. I loved Luka but it was a thing.
Let's goooo. Woke up to see win. Friggin missed the game cuz I was deep in parlays. Lol. As a laker fan, glad to see my boy AD get one on nuggets. Flagg that left drive is unstoppable. Keep it up Rook. Mavs my 2nd fave team, next to my lakers
It’s called the Luka effect
no ones talking about how that last play was busted coverage, I'd love to know what went wrong and how they could prevent that open look again
Naji needs to retire a Mav, idk why but he just connects w us man
Anthony Davis is why Flagg is able to be himself, but also grow each game. He's that important to the Flagg journey. I'm all for keeping A.D. and Klay. It's an accelerated master class for Flagg, with vets like these. And Kyrie is on the way..
Issac didn’t even want to talk 😂 go Mavs
im sorry nico
Most annoying voice I ever heard aka guy with short hair.if you want for this podcast to grow you should go cheers you're Dallas Mavericks from home and forget podcasting.with respect 😐
NICO da GREAT was right & there is no denying it! Traded Luka, that got them FLAGG + AD! No non-emotional fan would say no to that trade off!
Cooper wanted to say Joker but he realized that's not the most professional so he came out with Yoker. Just tells you what kind of maturity this young man has
Do you think Hardy will get more playing time? I always believed if he got consistent minutes as a starter that he would be a great SG. He can score in buckets. I rather give him Klays minutes because at least he can create his own shot