The Dallas Mavericks may have fallen to 3-8 on the season after suffering a 116-114 defeat to the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night, but at the very least, their prized rookie, Cooper Flagg, appears to be taking the next step in his career. Flagg put up a career-high 26 points to go along with nine rebounds, four assists, two steals, and one block while shooting 60 percent from the field on 15 shot attempts.

This is the kind of play that Flagg was expected to consistently put up to start his young career, which, regardless of how talented he is, was an unfair expectation to begin with. Nonetheless, for him to start putting up this sort of well-rounded stat line, all while playing with an injury, should be nothing short of a major feat.

Flagg was dealing with a thumb sprain on Monday

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