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Cooper Flagg
Last: vs Houston Rockets · Tipped off 8:00 PM ET · this page updates each morning
Injury report: Out · Oct 27
Points by game
The Edge
Role and usageFlagg's profile stands out most on potential assists per game (95th percentile) and usage rate (95th percentile). Latest snapshot 2026-10-30.
Early sample: percentiles among players with 2+ games.
Our pick
Cooper Flagg over 4.5 assists
Read our reasoning
INJURY NOTE: Flagg (shoulder) was questionable Oct 27 — confirm active before wagering. If playing: season APG 6.8 (4g, small sample), AST% 33.3%, drives 16.0/g with high pass frequency. L10: 6/10 over 4.5 assists (avg 5.3), L20: 13/20, season median 5.5. vsHOU historical assist average is lower (3.6a across 5 prior games), but his current-season playmaking load — USG% 29.6%, C&S looks drawing attention — elevates assist opportunities. DAL trailing in a likely HOU blowout could push Flagg into higher usage, not lower.
Points against the line
Recorded line 23.5 · Points · as of Oct 28
2026-27 season · all games played, playoffs included · game log · through 2026-10-28
Hit rate by situation · 2026-27 · against the recorded line 23.5
home, away, in wins and in losses splits have fewer than 10 games this season and are not shown yet.
This season's games only · historical frequency, not a forecast.
Where he scores
30% of his shots come from the paint outside the restricted area, where he makes 62%, 17.5 percentage points above the league rate there.
- Restricted area62%▼ 4.6 vs league19% of attempts · 13 FGA · small sample
- Three-pointers32%level with league32% of attempts · 22 FGA
- Mid-range62%▲ 21.5 vs league19% of attempts · 13 FGA · small sample
- Share of attempts
- FG% above league
- below
- under 20 attempts
Where he shoots from, against the league
- Restricted area19% / 29%8 of 13 · 62% FG against 66% for the league
- Paint (non-restricted)30% / 19%13 of 21 · 62% FG against 44% for the league
- Mid-range19% / 10%8 of 13 · 62% FG against 40% for the league
- Left corner 33% / 6%2 of 2 · 100% FG against 34% for the league
- Right corner 33% / 5%1 of 2 · 50% FG against 34% for the league
- Above-the-break 326% / 31%4 of 18 · 22% FG against 34% for the league
Distance buckets and the period split are not available: this player's shots for this season are not in our shot chart yet.
Matchup: vs Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets defense
Who guards him, then team ratings and what they allow to forwards.
Who guards him
Jabari Smith Jr. has guarded him most: 17.5 partial possessions, 8 points on 3 of 6.
2026-27 matchups · roster as of Oct 30 · defender ratings as of Oct 30. Tough, average or soft is the defender's own FG% allowed against the league (top, middle or bottom third), shown only for defenders in the league ranking.
Team defense
Houston Rockets: the 9th-best defense at an average pace; about average against forwards on points.
Allowed-to-forwards figures use 2025-26 (last season), 243 forward-games against HOU · team ratings over 5 games, snapshot 2026-10-30.
5 meetings on record: 21.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists per game (last on Oct 21). The vs HOU window above shows each game.
HOU injury report · Oct 30
- Reed Sheppard · Out
- Marcus Smart · Out
- Steven Adams · Out
- Alperen Sengun · Day-to-day
Lineup context
Team ratings with him on and off the floor, then points per game with and without his top teammates by minutes.
On and off
The team is 51.5 points per 100 possessions better with him on the floor (small sample: under 100 minutes on one side).
- Net rating
Offensive and defensive rating
- Offensive rating
- Defensive rating (lower is better)
Points per 100 possessions · 2 games · as of Oct 26.
With and without teammates
Fewer than 5 games with DAL this season, so last season (2025-26) is used.
- Naji MarshallDay-To-Day
Teammate availability from the injury report as of Oct 30.
Game log & career
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