Basketball Reference on Twitter: "Today in 2011: Dirk Nowitzki scores 48 points in a 121-112 win vs. the Thunder in Game 1 of the WCF. Dirk went 24/24 from the free-throw line,
![Dirk Nowitzki regrets not reaching out to the only NBA star who offered to help him as a rookie — “I just didn't want to bother him with my petty rookie problems” - Dirk Nowitzki regrets not reaching out to the only NBA star who offered to help him as a rookie — “I just didn't want to bother him with my petty rookie problems” -](https://www.basketballnetwork.net/.image/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1200/MTkxNzY2ODAwMTA1NDgxNzE0/dirk-nowitzki.jpg)
Dirk Nowitzki regrets not reaching out to the only NBA star who offered to help him as a rookie — “I just didn't want to bother him with my petty rookie problems” -
![Basketball Hall of Fame eligible players in 2023 and 2024: Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki headline full list of future nominees | Sporting News Basketball Hall of Fame eligible players in 2023 and 2024: Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki headline full list of future nominees | Sporting News](https://library.sportingnews.com/2022-09/hall-of-fame-ftr.jpeg)
Basketball Hall of Fame eligible players in 2023 and 2024: Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki headline full list of future nominees | Sporting News
![How Dallas Mavericks Star Dirk Nowitzki Is Defying Time, Odds This Season | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report How Dallas Mavericks Star Dirk Nowitzki Is Defying Time, Odds This Season | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](https://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/714/849/hi-res-462876947-deandre-jordan-of-the-los-angeles-clippers-and-dirk_crop_north.jpg?1390252320&w=3072&h=2048)
How Dallas Mavericks Star Dirk Nowitzki Is Defying Time, Odds This Season | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
Basketball Reference on Twitter: "Damian Lillard and Dirk Nowitzki are the only players in NBA history to make 100+ free throws in a month while shooting at least 95% from the line.
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![Dirk Nowitzki's epic clapback at LeBron James and Dwyane Wade's mockery of him in the 2011 NBA Finals - Basketball Network - Your daily dose of basketball Dirk Nowitzki's epic clapback at LeBron James and Dwyane Wade's mockery of him in the 2011 NBA Finals - Basketball Network - Your daily dose of basketball](https://www.basketballnetwork.net/.image/ar_4:3%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1200/MTk1MjIzMDczNTY4MzM1MDQ3/dirk-nowitzki-lebron-james.jpg)