独行侠116比111胜火箭送对手赛季首败：欧文35分，弗拉格33分
位于美国德克萨斯州达拉斯县达拉斯市的 American Airlines Center 在当地时间10月30日举行NBA杯小组赛，达拉斯独行侠队以116比111击败休斯顿火箭队，送给对手本赛季第一场失利。独行侠队战绩变为4胜2负，火箭队战绩为5胜1负；当晚休赛的孟菲斯灰熊队（5胜0负）成为联盟唯一保持全胜的球队。
独行侠队凯里·欧文得到35分和9次助攻，19投12中、三分球8投5中、罚球6罚全中，其中下半场得到26分、第四节得到16分。库珀·弗拉格得到33分、9个篮板和6次助攻，19投13中，两人第四节合得27分。丹尼尔·加福德得到18分和7个篮板。独行侠队快攻得分以28比10占优。
火箭队凯文·杜兰特得到28分，小贾巴里·史密斯得到22分，弗雷德·范弗利特与阿门·汤普森合得31分和12次助攻，塔里·伊森得到11分和13个篮板。火箭队全场罚球33罚24中，最后阶段杜兰特与阿门·汤普森先后两罚不中。
独行侠队首节以27比20领先，火箭队第二节以31比17反超、半场以51比44领先，第三节结束时以84比76领先。第四节欧文先以两记三分打开局面，弗拉格在比赛还剩1分40秒时打成「2+1」以105比100领先；最后42秒阿门·汤普森两罚不中后，弗拉格在还剩24.3秒时命中转身跳投，其后独行侠队靠罚球锁定胜局。
Mavericks Beat Rockets 116-111 to Hand Houston First Loss: Irving Scores 35, Flagg Adds 33
The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Houston Rockets 116-111 on Oct. 30 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, handing Houston its first loss of the season in both teams' NBA Cup opener. Dallas improved to 4-2. Houston fell to 5-1, leaving the idle Memphis Grizzlies (5-0) as the league's only unbeaten team.
Kyrie Irving scored 35 points with nine assists for Dallas, shooting 12 of 19 with five 3-pointers and making all six of his free throws. He scored 26 points in the second half and 16 in the fourth quarter. Cooper Flagg added 33 points, nine rebounds and six assists on 13-of-19 shooting, and the pair combined for 27 points in the fourth quarter. Daniel Gafford had 18 points and seven rebounds. Dallas outscored Houston 28-10 on fast-break points.
Kevin Durant led Houston with 28 points. Jabari Smith Jr. scored 22, Fred VanVleet and Amen Thompson combined for 31 points and 12 assists, and Tari Eason had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Houston went 24 of 33 at the free-throw line, and both Durant and Thompson missed pairs of free throws late in the game.
Dallas led 27-20 after the first quarter, but Houston won the second quarter 31-17 to lead 51-44 at halftime and 84-76 after three quarters. Irving opened the fourth quarter with two 3-pointers, and Flagg converted a three-point play with 1:40 left for a 105-100 lead. After Thompson missed two free throws with 42 seconds left, Flagg hit a turnaround jumper with 24.3 seconds remaining, and Dallas closed the game at the line.
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图片来源：独行侠球员库珀·弗拉格（大学时期资料图）。Joe Loong 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg (file photo from his college season). Photo by Joe Loong, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
