The Dallas Mavericks (5-15) found a way on Saturday behind 35 points and eight rebounds from rookie phenom Cooper Flagg and pulled out a gutty 114-110 win over the Los Angeles Clippers (5-14) at the Intuit Dome.

This team must be cursed, though, man. Without Anthony Davis on the second night of a back-to-back and without Daniel Gafford, who sat against the Clippers with an ankle injury, P.J. Washington was a late scratch from the Mavericks’ roster after slipping on a wayward basketball during warmups. Washington was getting treatment on his right ankle after the fall, according to the broadcast on KFAA, and Naji Marshall replaced him in the starting lineup.

Kahwi Leonard came into the game averaging 26 points per game over the last three, including a 15-of-24, 39-point performance in Fri

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