If Cooper Flagg scores 24 points in his NBA regular season debut on Wednesday night, he’ll win someone in his Maine hometown a free ribeye steak.

That was the friendly agreement between a local grocery store owner and a customer on Wednesday morning, just a little under 12 hours before Flagg was set to see his first NBA regular season action against the San Antonio Spurs.

Bear’s One Stop owner Robert Berg has used his store’s road sign to predict Flagg’s stat line for the 9:30 p.m. game in Dallas. And Berg thinks the rookie will have 18 points, six rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block in his first official game after being drafted into the league first overall this summer.

Lori Hopkins of Newport is even more optimistic. She said while shopping at the local store that she’s

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