Mavericks hand Thunder first loss; Ernie Johnson to step back

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorDallas beats Oklahoma City one hundred twenty to ninety-six, and the Thunder's perfect start is over. Cooper Flagg drops twenty-six points and eight assists.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Thunder were trying to be the first team ever to open three straight seasons five and oh.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's a lot of pressure to put on a Wednesday.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, they were missing Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Alex Caruso, Cason Wallace, Nikola Topić and Thomas Sorber. Six guys.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAnd Dallas still hit sixteen threes, I'm telling you, that's a full-blown family in crisis.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSix players out and they still had Ajay Mitchell score twenty-nine?

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorExactly. Their coach, Mark Daigneault, said of Flagg, quote, he made us pay regardless. That's a coach tipping his cap.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAnd Ernie Johnson says he's leaving Inside the NBA after this season. He's been with Turner since nineteen eighty-nine, and he says he's doing well.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe also said, quote, I'm not retiring, just cutting back. Every headline says retiring.

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThirty-seven years of nights in that chair. Hard to cut back from that.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThirty-seven years on one show, and the correction still gets fewer clicks than the headline.