Cooper Flagg's standout year ends with injury as Dallas Mavericks star hobbles off

[p]The 19-year-old forward who was the top pick in last year's NBA Draft departed during the second quarter of the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-mavericks/YouS3mEC/"]Mavericks[/a]' final game, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/chicago-bulls-bPjc49q0/dallas-mavericks-YouS3mEC/?mid=CSgwNkO0"]having played less than 10 minutes and scored 10 points.[/a][/p][p]"[b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/flagg-cooper/dInnahrB/"]Cooper Flagg[/a] (left ankle sprain) will not return to tonight's game against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-bulls/bPjc49q0/"]Chicago Bulls[/a],[/b]" said the Mavericks' social media account.[/p][p]It was a bitter end to a regular season that was disappointing for the Mavericks, who failed to reach the playoffs, but full of personal records for Flagg.[/p][embed guid="c61d72da-d0d1-454d-8d16-570e3d69d624" url="https://x.com/ESPNNBA/status/2043499419849413102?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Drafted first overall after a single college season at Duke University, Flagg this month became the first teenager to score 50 in an NBA game, during a loss to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orlando-magic/QZMS36Dn/"]Orlando[/a].[/p][p]He also joined Michael Jordan as the only rookies to post multiple games of 45 or more points in their debut seasons.[/p][p]Flagg is the favorite to win NBA Rookie of the Year, having scored 1,463 points with 462 rebounds and 315 assists.[/p][p]His top competition comes from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/charlotte-hornets/xftMikUg/"]Charlotte Hornets[/a] star rookie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/knueppel-kon/YDOmqcSE/"]Kon Knueppel[/a] - a college roommate and teammate of Flagg.[/p]