{"id":22295,"date":"2026-03-02T00:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=22295"},"modified":"2026-03-02T00:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:23:23","slug":"is-cooper-flagg-playing-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=22295","title":{"rendered":"Is Cooper Flagg playing tonight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/players\/cooper-flagg\/1519128\">Cooper Flagg<\/a> will not play when the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/dallas-mavericks\/6\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> host the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\/schedule\">OKC Thunder<\/a> at 7 p.m. CST Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg is out due to a left midfoot sprain. The rookie forward is averaging a team-high 20.4 points per game for Dallas (21-38), which is looking to bounce back from a <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/summary\/2914739\">124-105 home loss to the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, OKC (46-15) doesn&#8217;t have any new additions to its injury report following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/27\/thunder-vs-nuggets-score-nba-shai-gilgeous-alexander-nikola-jokic-stats-injury-report\/88910562007\/\">127-121 overtime home win over the Denver Nuggets<\/a> on Friday. It remains without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/19\/okc-thunder-injury-update-shai-gilgeous-alexander-jalen-williams-ajay-mitchell\/88767392007\/\">Jalen Williams (right hamstring strain) and Ajay Mitchell (abdominal strain and left ankle sprain)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s everything you need to know about Sunday&#8217;s game between the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/summary\/2914742\">Thunder and Mavericks<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">TAKEAWAYS: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/27\/thunder-vs-nuggets-score-nba-shai-gilgeous-alexander-nikola-jokic-stats-injury-report\/88910562007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">OKC Thunder outlasts Nuggets in OT as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander returns from injury<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"marker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/05\/28\/commemorate-okc-thunder-historic-season-with-our-collectors-book\/83893354007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noreferrer noopener\">Order our new book on Thunder&#8217;s run to NBA title<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/28\/okc-thunder-nuggets-overtime-shai-gilgeous-alexander-minutes-restriction-injury-return\/88915225007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander couldn&#8217;t stand to watch OT of Thunder&#8217;s win vs Nuggets. Here&#8217;s why<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>[\u00a0<strong>LISTEN UP:<\/strong>\u00a0Make the &#8220;Thunder Buddies&#8221; podcast a staple of your starting lineup by following on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fthunder-buddies%2Fid738642061&amp;xcust=SC1-NOKL_u5NOxJlFoBiloMVUlpps2JE&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oklahoman.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnba%2Fthunder%2F2026%2F02%2F04%2Fokc-thunder-rumors-nba-trade-deadline-2026%2F88500516007%2F\">Apple<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/25XuxRRyvmkpz7LqYxLZjg\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e4Ht9_Q7k6c&amp;list=PLX83bIzvhBJVjrlT16g387rNzuetOmn2u\">YouTube<\/a>. ]<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">MUSSATTO: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/28\/thunder-nuggets-lu-dort-foul-ejection-nikola-jokic\/88915593007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Thunder-Nuggets fight teased what could be another epic playoff series<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">What time is Thunder vs Mavericks game tonight?<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>Sunday, March 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time: <\/strong>7 p.m. CST<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where: <\/strong>American Airlines Center in Dallas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/27\/lu-dort-ejected-thunder-nuggets-game-flagrant-2-foul-nikola-jokic\/88913435007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lu Dort ejected for flagrant foul on Nikola Jokic in Thunder-Nuggets game<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"marker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/stream\/tv\/?irad=343747&amp;irmp=1205322&amp;subId1=USAT&amp;subId2=NBA&amp;subId3=2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noreferrer noopener\">Watch Thunder vs Mavericks live on Fubo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">What channel is OKC Thunder vs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/dallas-mavericks\/6\/\" data-autotag=\"e6751d65-4a81-4131-973c-176d23467b30\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> on tonight?<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>TV:<\/strong>\u00a0FanDuel Sports Network<\/li>\n<li><strong>How to watch online:<\/strong>\u00a0Fubo (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/stream\/tv\/?irad=343747&amp;irmp=1205322&amp;subId1=Local&amp;subId2=NBA&amp;subId3=story%2Fsports%2Fnba%2Fthunder%2F2025%2F12%2F31%2Fthunder-trail-blazers-channel-tonight-nba-games-live-time-tv-schedule-streaming%2F87968954007_u5OirAo636FAl6pexzxooqE_u5ZoiEIrrE6zxrzOAlBx3zJ\">free trial<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/20\/okc-thunder-nba-predictions-2025-26-shai-gilgeous-alexander-mvp\/88759753007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">10 OKC Thunder predictions: SGA can pull off rare double trophy repeat<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/15\/okc-thunder-chet-holmgren-first-nba-all-star-game-selection-path\/88614836007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chet Holmgren&#8217;s path to NBA All-Star Game began with bold claim and channeled ambition<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Thunder vs Mavericks predictions, picks<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Justin Martinez:<\/strong> OKC 122, Dallas 104<\/p>\n<p>OKC earned a big win over Denver on Friday, and I expect that momentum to carry over when it faces a depleted Dallas team on the road Sunday. The Mavericks will be without leading scorer Cooper Flagg, who&#8217;s averaging 20.4 points this season, and plenty of other key contributors are listed as either questionable or doubtful. This should be a convincing victory for the Thunder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/19\/jared-mccain-okc-thunder-philadelphia-76ers-2024-nba-draft-class\/88729508007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jared McCain may be new to OKC Thunder, but he &#8216;looks like he has been here&#8217; a while<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Thunder vs Mavericks betting odds<\/h2>\n<p><em>Odds via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.az.betmgm.com\/en\/sports\/events\/oklahoma-city-thunder-at-dallas-mavericks-19025486?tab=score\">BetMGM<\/a> as of Sunday, March 1<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Odds:<\/strong> Thunder by 16.5<\/li>\n<li><strong>Over\/under:<\/strong> 233.5<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moneyline:<\/strong> OKC -1200 | Dallas +750<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/25\/okc-thunder-shai-gilgeous-alexander-inspires-canada-toronto-raptors\/88842621007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&#8217;s impact felt in Canada, even with Thunder star injured at home<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iSB-hB_m4ec?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/21\/okc-thunder-nikola-topic-confidence-return-from-testicular-cancer\/88793054007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Topi\u0107 looking &#8216;confident&#8217; in OKC Thunder lineup since return from cancer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Thunder vs Mavericks injury updates<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thunder:<\/strong> Branden Carlson (low back strain) is out. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/19\/okc-thunder-injury-update-shai-gilgeous-alexander-jalen-williams-ajay-mitchell\/88767392007\/\">Ajay Mitchell<\/a> (abdominal strain and left ankle sprain) is out.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/09\/25\/thomas-sorber-injury-update-okc-thunder-rookie-torn-acl\/86349566007\/\">Thomas Sorber<\/a>\u00a0(right ACL surgical recovery) is out.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/12\/jalen-williams-injury-update-okc-thunder-forward-hamstring-re-evaluated-nba-all-star-break\/88647798007\/\">Jalen Williams<\/a> (right hamstring strain) is out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mavericks:<\/strong> Marvin Bagley III (neck sprain) is out. Moussa Cisse (G League two-way) is questionable. Cooper Flagg (left midfoot sprain) is out. Kyrie Irving (left knee surgery) is out. Miles Kelly (not with the team) is out. Dereck Lively II (right foot surgery) is out. Naji Marshall (right finger contusion) is doubtful. Caleb Martin (low back soreness) is probable. P.J. Washington (left ankle sprain) is doubtful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/02\/23\/okc-thunder-guard-isaiah-joe-stats-3-point-shooting-nba-leaders\/88816196007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiah Joe is an elite 3-point shooter, but there&#8217;s more to OKC Thunder guard&#8217;s game<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Projected OKC Thunder starters<\/h2>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/10\/20\/okc-thunder-roster-depth-chart-lineup-nba-2025-26-season\/86391718007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Meet the OKC Thunder&#8217;s roster for 2025-26 NBA season<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Projected Dallas Mavericks starters<\/h2>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/11\/23\/okc-thunder-rookie-thomas-sorber-team-chemistry-despite-season-ending-acl-injury\/87313899007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How OKC Thunder rookie Thomas Sorber became &#8216;one of the guys&#8217; despite ACL injury<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Justin Martinez covers the Thunder and NBA for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Justin? He can be reached at jmartinez@oklahoman.com or on X\/Twitter at\u00a0@Justintohoops. Sign up for the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/profile.oklahoman.com\/newsletters\/thunder-sports-minute\/\"><em>Thunder Sports Minute newsletter<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to access more NBA coverage. Support Justin&#8217;s work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.oklahoman.com\/\"><em>digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/03\/01\/thunder-mavericks-injury-report-sga-cooper-flagg-lu-dort-status-tonight-nba-okc-dallas-prediction\/88928193007\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper Flagg will not play when the Dallas Mavericks host the OKC Thunder at 7 p.m. CST Sunday. Flagg is out due to a left midfoot sprain. The rookie forward is averaging a team-high 20.4 points per game for Dallas (21-38), which is looking to bounce back from a 124-105 home loss to the Memphis &#8230; <a title=\"Is Cooper Flagg playing tonight?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=22295\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is Cooper Flagg playing tonight?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Is-Cooper-Flagg-playing-tonight.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22297,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22295\/revisions\/22297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}