GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Jessica Timmons and Ta'Mia Scott combined for 43 points to lead Alabama 76-64 past Tennessee in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Thursday.
Timmons and Scott were both 3 of 5 from behind the arc. Timmons had 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting and Scott had 20 on 7-of-11 shooting to go with five rebounds. Scott fouled out with 3:46 to go.
Essence Cody scored 10 points. Karly Weathers had seven assists and six steals.
The No. 11 seed Crimson Tide (23-9) built up a 39-29 halftime lead after a 9-0 first quarter run, and a 12-5 run to end the half. Alabama never trailed in the contest and held the lead from the 3:16 mark in the first quarter.
The No. 6 seed Volunteers (16-13) were led by a 20-point, five-rebound performance from Janiah Barker. She turned the ball over seven times. Zee Spearman added 13 points, six rebounds and two blocks.
Tennessee leads the SEC with 17 conference titles.
Up next
Alabama will face No. 3 seed Texas in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Tennessee, after seven consecutive losses, will await to see if it will receive a bid to the NCAA tournament.
MIAMI — Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo added 21 and the Miami Heat beat the Nets 126-110 on Thursday night, sending the Nets to their 10th consecutive loss.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 18 for the Heat (34-29), who have won six of eight and moved five games over .500 for the first time since the first week of December.
Pelle Larsson and Kel’el Ware each had 16 points for Miami — with Ware adding 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots.
The Heat also improved to 15-5 on March 5 — or “305 Day,” as it is called in Miami, a nod to the city’s primary area code. No active NBA franchise has a better record on that date.
Tyler Herro, who scored 25 points, looks to make a move in Miami on March 5, 2026. NBAE via Getty Images
Michael Porter Jr. scored 27 points for Brooklyn, which also lost at Miami on Tuesday. Noah Clowney scored 17, Nic Claxton had 16 and Ziaire Williams finished with 15 for the Nets.
Brooklyn briefly led in the third quarter, but gave up 66 points in the second half.
Miami had a 54-34 edge in bench scoring and shot 53%.
The Nets are the sixth team to have a losing streak of 10 or more games this season, joining Sacramento (16), Washington (14), Indiana (13), Chicago (11) and Dallas (10).
It’s the longest slide for Brooklyn since the 2021-22 team dropped 11 straight.
Michael Porter Jr., who scored a game-high 27 points, drives past Andrew Higgins. Sam Navarro-Imagn Images
Miami was without Norman Powell (right groin strain), Nikola Jovic (lower back) and Simone Fontecchio (left groin strain).
For Brooklyn, rookie Egor Demin (left plantar fascia) missed his third consecutive contest.
MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo added 21 and the Miami Heat beat Brooklyn 126-110 on Thursday night, sending the Nets to their 10th consecutive loss.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 18 for the Heat (34-29), who have won six of eight and moved five games over .500 for the first time since the first week of December. Pelle Larsson and Kel’el Ware each had 16 points for Miami — with Ware adding 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots.
The Heat also improved to 15-5 on March 5 — or “305 Day,” as it is called in Miami, a nod to the city’s primary area code. No active NBA franchise has a better record on that date.
Michael Porter Jr. scored 27 points for Brooklyn, which also lost at Miami on Tuesday. Noah Clowney scored 17, Nic Claxton had 16 and Ziaire Williams finished with 15 for the Nets. Brooklyn briefly led in the third quarter, but gave up 66 points in the second half.
Miami had a 54-34 edge in bench scoring and shot 53 percent.
The Nets are the sixth team to have a losing streak of 10 or more games this season, joining Sacramento (16), Washington (14), Indiana (13), Chicago (11) and Dallas (10). It’s the longest slide for Brooklyn since the 2021-22 team dropped 11 straight.
Miami was without Norman Powell (right groin strain), Nikola Jovic (lower back) and Simone Fontecchio (left groin strain). For Brooklyn, rookie Egor Demin (left plantar fascia) missed his third consecutive contest.
MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 5: Bam Adebayo #13 of the Miami Heat smiles at an opposing coach after a dunk as Day'ron Sharpe #20 of the Brooklyn Nets walks by in the first half at Kaseya Center on March 5, 2026 in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Peter Joneleit/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Brooklyn Nets played the Miami Heat for a second straight time tonight. It was honest remake. The same characters appeared. There were a few creative spins on the script and plot. However, we got the same, predicable ending.
Much like in the Tuesday game, the Nets struggled to protect the rock this evening, once more turning it over 19 times. Seven of them came on their first 11 possessions of the game.
The other night, when the wasted trips down the floor began to stack, Brooklyn’s rookie ball-handlers shouldered most of the blame. It was fair criticism, and Jordi Fernández agreed with it postgame, as Ben Saraf and Nolan Traoré combined for 12 of those turnovers.
But this time, the kids were innocent, at least in the first quarter. Both Traoré and Saraf played squeaky clean opening frames. It was yet another instance of Fernández challenging his young talent and getting the desired response.
“I think today we we got better,” Fernández said. “Obviously, not what we want, coming out with a loss, but a lot of good things. And starting with the first group, the way they competed, and that’s what I like to see.”
Traoré was especially better early, and in more ways than one. He opened the game with a 7/2/2 line while shooting 3-4 from the field and 1-1 from deep. He only scored two more points after that, struggling to handle Miami’s zone, but Fernández brushed it off postgame.
“It’s understanding the game,” he said. “They were in a zone, and he was trying to call the plays against the zone, and I thought we got good shots. He thought that he saw something different than what it was, and you know, a couple of turnovers here and there… I trust that he’s very smart. He has a good feel, he’s got a good voice, but it doesn’t happen overnight, that he can control everything. So I’ve got keep helping him with games like this…There was a little bit of struggle, but I’m not concerned, because he’s going to keep growing and getting better.”
“They just played zone, and we struggled a little bit at the end, but we’re going to get better,” Traoré added. “Next time, it’s going to be way better. Just got to do what we know, execute what we learn, and we’ll be alright.”
Saraf also had two strong takes in the first and showed what positional size can do for you even when you don’t have the quickest feet…
Nets second unit again looking better on defense vs Miami.
Timely paint help, active hands + nice job by Saraf to recover and closeout with control. pic.twitter.com/zgeMFC9Cty
That production also helped the Nets stay within reach after the first, even while throwing a possession giveaway sale.
But then, like they did in the first game, the Heat started doing what playoff-hungry teams are supposed to do to basement dwellers. Dru Smith, who appeared in 10 games for Brooklyn as a tw0-way player in 2023, gave Miami five points in less than four minutes to help his team establish a double digit lead. Kel’el Ware also started doing what seven footers are known to do, rejecting three shots in the period to help him earn a career-high seven for the game.
However, Fernández has said multiple times this year he doesn’t want his team to quietly concede games. He wants to see “the fight.”
It doesn’t seem like the message always sticks, but tonight, in the humid 305, it did.
The Nets closed the second on a 14-5 run, making this a two possession game at halftime. After being -7 in turnovers in in the first, they finished +3 in the second. Ochai Agbaji, Ziaire Williams, Terance Mann, Claxton and Clowney were all in on the action with a steal each.
“Man, we just tried to play with a little extra effort, one more charge, one more closeout, just a little more effort than we had last game,” Williams said. “Still came up short, but I thought our guys were fighting back.”
Michael Porter also flipped things after a rough game on Tuesday. Benefitting from the space created off those turnovers, he sprayed two threes in the period to give himself 11 points by halftime. He finished the game with 27 points, 13 rebounds, and three assists while shooting 9-24 from the field and 7-13 from three. He also snagged two steals and blocked a shot.
“You just look at the rebounding, 13 rebounds, and then winning plays,” Fernández said. “Like, he sprinted in transition defensively and got the deflection towards the end of the third quarter. Just things like this, when I see Mike so engaged, and then when he thinks about rebounding, about cutting, and playing as far as he can defensively, then shots go in. I thought he was aggressive. I was very happy with the game he played. That’s the Michael that the group needs, because he brings so much good energy and the level of play of a very, very, very good player, a top player in the NBA.”
Porter Jr. lifted the Nets to 7-13 shooting from three by that point. The Nets only made six threes all game on Tuesday.
Understandably, Brooklyn kept pressing those buttons when play resumed. They hit another two threes to begin the second half, cracking it open with an 8-0 run that gave them their first lead since the opening minutes. Porter Jr. also added another 13 points in the third. The basket began to look like the ocean in South Beach…
Sagging off MPJ to cover Ben Saraf beyond the arc certainly is choice here by Davion Mitchell pic.twitter.com/JPBjndG1kd
After Bam Adebayo picked up his fourth and fifth fouls just 30 seconds apart from each other halfway through the third, the thought of an upset victory started to creep in.
However, that intoxicating and foreign feeling quickly faded. Tyler Herro became exactly that for all fans in attendance and Brooklyn’s greediest tank commanders hoping for a 10th straight loss. Herro scored a dozen in the frame to weigh against Porter Jr.’s production and carry the load with Adebayo handcuffed to the bench. With Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Pelle Larsson each pumping in five points during the period too, Miami reinflated its lead to 12 by the start of the fourth.
Then, in their eighth straight quarter with the Nets on their plate, the Heat refused to play with their food. Miami outscored Brooklyn 19-7 to open the period while shooting 7-8 from the field, rendering a 20+ point advantage in the process.
The Nets did respond one more time with a 9-0 punch back, but never brought the game back within single digits. They certainly tried their best, ravaging the offensive glass and keeping their starters in until 2:20 remained on the clock.
“I like the fight even when the game went to over 20, got it to 15, and they called a timeout,” Fernández remarked. “And to me, that means the world. That means that’s the right mindset — keep fighting no matter what. I’m proud of the guys, especially the first group tonight.”
But as the Nets fought on, the basket refused to cooperate. Their jump shots looked flat. They started missing short, and even on a few occasions, everything.
Eventually, there was nothing else standing in the way of Brooklyn and its 10th straight loss.
Final: Miami Heat 126, Brooklyn Nets 110
Milestone Watch
Michael Porter Jr. had 27 points and 13 rebounds tonight against the Heat for his 10th 20-point double-double of the season, which breaks a tie with 2020-21 for his most in any career season.
Jordi on Cam
Jordi Fernandez had his first chance to respond to Cam Thomas’ comments to the Post’s Stefan Bondy that the Nets as an organization didn’t believe in him and “they don’t believe in anybody.”
The Nets coach who was generally positive about his shooting guard both last season and until he was finally waived at the deadline was predictably diplomatic but made his point nonetheless.
“We wish Cam the best,” he said. “We loved him while he was here. We hope that he does very well where he is. I don’t know if he has the right to speak about others. We’re happy with the guys we have here. I believe that everybody here can help us with what we have planned.”
Meanwhile, Erik Taylor posted a this item about Thomas’ defense…
Stat I came across while writing my article on this:
Cam Thomas has posted a +16.9 defensive rating swing (points allowed per 100 possessions with a player on vs. off) since joining the Bucks.
That's the worst number by any player in the entire NBA this season. https://t.co/tiXAJYP70D
Fernández reiterated that Egor Dëmin doesn’t have a timetable for a return tonight. He missed his third straight game this evening with plantar fasciitis.
“He’s struggled with his plantar fasciitis,” Fernández said. “The soreness has increased lately. We’re being cautious and trying to figure out what’s the best way for him moving forward.”
For anyone wondering, there isn’t a 65-game requirement for all-rookie teams, so if Dëmin’s in a running for a spot at the end of the year, these or any future games out shouldn’t affect him.
Next Up
The Nets will play the conference-leading Detroit Pistons for a final time this year on Saturday afternoon. This one could get ugly quick, so get there soon. The game tips off at 6:00 p.m. ET.
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The Wizards out-tanked the Jazz tonight. Collier, and Ace had enough of losing and took this game over. While the Jazz did slip a spot in the lottery odds, remember, it’s a marathon, not a sprint, and the Jazz still have plenty of time to jump back up. For now we can all enjoy the win, and Bailey’s career night.
Isaiah Collier –A
Collier did what he does best, drive really fast to the hoop. The Wizards simply could not keep up with him, especially towards the end of the game. He posted his career high in points with 27, and dished out 11 assists.
Ace Bailey–A
Ace was on fire in the first half dropping a career high 21 points. He would follow that up with his career high of 32 points in a game. Ace was aggressive tonight, shooting, and driving often. He hit 7 threes (another career high) and shot an efficient 12-19 from the field. He also had 2 steals and a block.
John Konchar –B-
Konchar didn’t shoot well tonight going 0-3, but he more than made up for it on the defensive side of the ball, where he had 5 steals, and a block. Konchar is just a really solid glue-guy, one whose shot will hopefully start to fall more as he gets more comfortable on his new team. Tonight he also had 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Cody Williams –B
Very solid game from Cody tonight. He shot 5-6 from the floor, notched 2 steals, and had a career high 7 assists. He looks miles better than he did last year, which admittedly wasn’t a high bar to clear, but if he can take another jump offensively next season he will be a legitimate contributor to a winning team.
Kyle Filipowski –A
Flip was a monster on both ends of the floor tonight. He just dominates lesser competition (remember his Summer League performance?). When he isn’t asked to do too much he’s just awesome. He would finish with 2 blocks, 2 steals, 14 rebounds and 20 points.
Blake Hinson–B
Hinson has been really solid so far. He made 2/5 of his three point attempts and grabbed 4 boards. He looks to be a real NBA depth piece that the Jazz would be wise to hold on to.
Mo Bamba –B
MO BAMBA! I’ll never complain about seeing Mo Bamba in a Jazz jersey. He was pretty solid tonight grabbing 12 boards in just 17 minutes. He also made a nice jumper, which is a skill I didn’t know he had. He would finish with 6 points.
Brice Sensabaugh –D+
Brice never really looked comfortable tonight, and shot poorly from deep. It may be time to have some uncomfortable discussions regarding Brice’s future on the team. Lately he’s been a sharp shooter that can’t shoot. Not that he was all bad tonight he had 4 assists and 14 points… on 15 shots.
Elijah Harkless –C-
Harkless was limited to just 12 minutes of action in this game because he got into foul trouble so early. He missed all 3 of his attempts from the field tonight.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cearah Parchment scored 15 points, and Destiny Jackson added 14 for No. 10-seeded Illinois in a 71-69 win over No. 10-seeded Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday night.
Maddie Webber added 13 for the Illini (21-10), Jasmine Brown-Hagger scored 12 and Berry Wallace finished with 11. Illinois will move on to the quarterfinals to play No. 2 seed Iowa.
The Spartans (22-8), who are ranked No. 18 in the country, were led by Kennedy Blair, who scored a career-high 30 points. Grace VanSlooten scored 13, and Jalyn Brown added 12.
Illinois turned over the ball on its first four possessions of the game, forcing a timeout to reset. An 8-0 run gave the Fighting Illini their first lead of the game at the end of the first quarter, and they led 36-29 heading into the break.
Michigan State had a 9-0 run after the break to regain the lead, 42-41, but a layup and a 3-pointer from Brown-Hagger gave the advantage back to Illinois.
On the Spartans’ final possession of the game, VanSlooten collected two rebounds from under the basket before kicking it back out to Blair in the midrange. Without a clear shot, she passed it out wide to Brown, who couldn't save the ball from going out of bounds with a second to go in the game.
Up next
Illinois: Will face No. 2 seed Iowa on March 6. The Hawkeyes are ranked No. 9 in the country.
Michigan: Will wait for an invitation to a postseason tournament.
KANSAS CITY (AP) — Gabby Elliott had 22 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, and No. 10 seed Arizona State beat No. 7 seed Iowa State 77-68 on Thursday in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament.
Arizona State (24-9) advances to face No. 2 seed West Virginia in the quarterfinals on Friday and strengthened its case for an NCAA Tournament berth. The Sun Devils improved their win total dramatically under first-year coach Molly Miller after finishing with 11 victories last season.
Arizona State set the tone early, jumping to a 17-2 lead behind Heloisa Carrera, who scored 12 of her 17 points in the opening stretch. The Sun Devils led 33-25 at halftime before Elliott ignited a decisive third-quarter run.
She opened the second half with eight straight points, including back-to-back 3-pointers, as Arizona State stretched the lead to double digits. The Sun Devils outscored Iowa State 27-21 in the third quarter and carried a 60-46 advantage into the fourth.
Iowa State pushed back late and trimmed the deficit to 68-62 on an Addy Brown 3-pointer with 1:41 remaining. Arizona State, however, did not allow the Cyclones to get closer than six points the rest of the way despite going nearly eight minutes without a field goal in the fourth quarter.
McKinna Brackens finished with 16 for the Sun Devils.
Audi Crooks led Iowa State (22-9) with 21 points, while Brown added 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Up Next
Arizona State plays No. 2 seed West Virginia on Friday in the quarterfinals.
Iowa State awaits an invitation to play in a postseason tournament.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Christeen Iwuala scored 18 points for No. 7 seed Mississippi in a 73-57 win over No. 15 seed Auburn in the second round of the SEC Tournament on Thursday.
Ole Miss (22-10) led the entire game, jumping out with a 12-1 run to open the game and had a double-digit lead heading into halftime, 48-20.
Iwuala shot a perfect 5 of 5 from the field in the first half for 10 points, and finished the day 8 of 8. She added nine rebounds, including the 250th of her career. Latasha Lattimore and Cotie McMahon both scored 13 for the Lady Rebels.
Auburn (15-17) was led by Khady Leye, with 17 points. Kaitlyn Duhon scored 14 for the Tigers. Auburn had a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter that lasted over three minutes, but it wasn't enough to swing the momentum in its favor.
Ole Miss will move on to face No. 2-seeded Vanderbilt.
Up next
Ole Miss: plays No. 2 seed Vanderbilt on March 6.
Auburn: awaits an invitation to play in a postseason tournament.
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Venus Williams lost again in her return to the BNP Paribas Open, falling in the first round Thursday, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1 to Diane Parry of France.
The 45-year-old Williams, who has dropped her last eight WTA singles matches, received a wild card into the singles and doubles draws for the tournament in the Southern California desert. It came 30 years after she made her Indian Wells debut in 1996 when she was 15.
After Williams rallied in the second set to tie it, the 23-year-old Parry, ranked 111th in the world, took control and cruised in the third.
It was Williams' 10th career appearance in the tournament and first since 2024, when she also lost in the first round as a wild card. The seven-time major winner was given a wild card last year, but didn’t accept it.
“I’m so excited to be heading back to Indian Wells and can’t wait to return home to play in California,” Williams said last month.
Parry will face 15th-ranked American Madison Keys in the second round Saturday.
Williams entered the BNP Paribas Open having lost her last seven matches, with the only win in her comeback to the tour coming in her return at Washington last year.
Williams most recently participated in the ATX Open in Austin, Texas, last month as a wild-card entry and lost in the first round of singles to Ajla Tomljanovic.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant will miss at least two more weeks as he continues to recover from a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow.
The Grizzlies announced Thursday that Morant was progressing in his rehabilitation but was still experiencing discomfort. The two-time All-Star had follow-up imaging Wednesday that showed what the team described as “incomplete healing of the injury.”
The Grizzlies said Morant will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
Morant has appeared in 20 games this season, averaging 19.5 points and 8.1 assists. He hasn’t played since injuring his elbow on Jan. 21.
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) — John Daly II had an easier time, and a far easier golf course, than his father in his PGA Tour debut. The 22-year-old son of John Daly opened with a 2-under 70 in the Puerto Rico Open on Thursday, where the kids were all the rage and Chandler Blanchet wound up with the lead.
Blanchet bogeyed his first hole and that was his only mistake. He followed with nine birdies for an 8-under 64, his lowest round on the PGA Tour for a one-shot lead over Gordon Sargent, the former top college golfer who has struggled the last few years.
“It was good,” Daly said. “Feel like I left a few out there, but I made it up with just a couple good saves and nice chip-in on 16.”
John Daly, the former PGA and British Open champion, made his first PGA Tour-sanctioned start nearly 40 years ago. But that was Shinnecock Hills — not Grand Reserve — and it was the 1986 U.S. Open, not an opposite-field event in Puerto Rico. Daly shot 88 that first round.
His son was not the only player getting attention. Blades Brown, the 18-year-old who played in the final group with Scottie Scheffler when the world's No. 1 player won The American Express, opened with a 69. It was his 16th score in the 60s in his 34 career rounds on the PGA Tour.
Miles Russell, the 17-year-old from Florida and among the top amateurs in the world had a 71. The other young prospect, Zhou Yanhan of China, shot 72. The 17-year-old Zhou had seven wins on the China Tour last year.
Blanchet earned his PGA Tour card through the Korn Ferry Tour last year, winning twice, including the circuit's Tour Championship. But it has been a slow start to his first season in the big leagues, missing the cut in all five tournaments he has played.
He hopes there's plenty of learning that comes with those weekends off, and Blanchet said he looked forward to facing more challenges, such as dealing with short putts he misses. He wants to get mentally stronger to deal with that.
“I missed a 5-footer right on the first hole and I looked at my caddie and he said, ‘This is our test.’ Handled it well,” Blanchet said. “Then made some good birdies over the next few holes. Yeah, really solid day.”
Eugenio Chacarra, who began his pro career on Saudi-backed LIV Golf in 2022 and became the first player from the rival league to a get sponsor exemption on the PGA Tour, opened with a 73.
The winner of the Puerto Rico gets into The Players Championship and the PGA Championship, along with a two-year exemption on tour. But it does not qualify for the Masters.
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Uche Izoje recorded 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead Syracuse to a 70-59 win over California on Thursday in the ACC Tournament.
It marked Syracuse’s first ACC Tournament win since 2021 and sent the Orange to the quarterfinals after doubling their conference win total from last season.
The Orange struck quickly, opening the game on a 9-0 run and never trailing. Syracuse extended the margin to 37-16 by halftime as California struggled offensively.
The Golden Bears shot 25% from the field in the first half and committed 10 turnovers, producing their lowest scoring half of the season.
California pushed back in the second half, trimming its deficit that had reached 21 points. A 3-pointer from Lulu Twidale pulled the Bears within 56-52 midway through the fourth quarter.
Syracuse answered behind Izoje, who scored during a decisive stretch late in the game. Laila Phelia connected with Izoje on an alley-oop that pushed the lead to 61-53 with just over three minutes remaining.
The Bears were unable to get closer, going the final two and a half minutes without a field goal as Syracuse closed the game at the free-throw line.
Phelia added 17 points for the Orange, while Sophie Burrows extended her streak to 16 straight games with a made 3-pointer. Izoje, the ACC rookie of the year, was 11 of 19 from the field.
Sakima Walker led California with 19 points. Twidale finished with 14 and Gisella Maul added 13.
Up next
Syracuse will play No. 2 seed Louisville on Friday in the quarterfinals.
California awaits an invitation to play in a postseason tournament.
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The tanking has been bad. Really bad. The Nets have lost nine straight entering Thursday’s home-and-home with Miami. They aren’t the only tankers… tanking. The Pacers have lost seven straight, Wizards six straight, and the Jazz seven straight. One win and it can all be thrown off. The Draft Lottery can’t come soon enough.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg is back in the starting lineup for Dallas against the Orlando Magic on Thursday night after missing eight games with a foot injury.
Flagg, the No. 1 pick in last year's NBA draft, was sidelined with a left mid-foot sprain. He last played at Phoenix on Feb. 10.
The 6-foot-9 forward out of Duke is averaging a team-leading 20.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 49 games. He has missed a total of 12 games in his rookie season.
The 19-year-old Flagg leads all NBA rookies in scoring, and ranks fourth in rebounds and second in assists. Against the Charlotte Hornets on Jan. 29, he scored 49 points and became the youngest player to score at least 45 points in an NBA game.
LYON, France (AP) — Lens continued its impressive season by advancing to the semifinals of the French Cup with a penalty shootout victory over Lyon on Thursday.
Lens is second in Ligue 1 — just four points behind Paris Saint-Germain — and survived a fightback by Lyon, having led 2-0 at halftime at Groupama Stadium to draw 2-2.
Lyon forced the game to penalties with an equalizer from Remi Himbert in the fourth minute of added time after Lens had gone down to 10 men following Arthur Masuaku's red card.
Florian Thauvin scored the decisive penalty as Lens won the shootout 5-4 after Moussa Niakhate had seen an earlier effort saved.
Lens coach Pierre Sage had led Lyon to the French Cup final two years ago and is within one match of repeating that feat.
Thauvin fired Lens ahead after 23 minutes and Abdallah Sima doubled the lead in the first minute of first-half added time.
But Masuaku's red in the 64th proved a turning point.
Lyon scored through Roman Yaremchuk three minutes later to give the home team hope before its late equalizer.
