Dirk Nowitzki Passes Shaq In All-Time Scoring List

Dirk Nowitzki, shooting over the Nets’ Jarrett Jack, moved into…

Before their 119-118 overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets last Wednesday, Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle expressed disappointment with his team following their struggles and even hinted about removing players from the roster. “I think you’ll see his confidence go up, his timing and rhythm go up and his production will be the best results”, president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson told the Fort Worth Star Telegram.BUZZER BEATERS1.

“You want to get this win bad and fight out there against a talented team”.

The Cavaliers, who visit Golden State on Friday in a rematch of last season’s NBA Finals, have the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Dirk Nowitzki was running through the laundry list of things working against him ever becoming the NBA’s sixth-best scorer. Nowitzki now has 28,607 career points, surpassing O’Neal’s 28,596. As he’s said multiple times recently, NY isn’t for everyone, and it certainly wasn’t for him. He passed the legendary big man on a midrange jumper over Andrea Bargnani, with 9:51 to play in the second quarter.

In other National Basketball Association games Wednesday, Kelly Olynyk scored 20 points, Jae Crowder added 19 points and 12 rebounds and the Boston Celtics held off a fourth-quarter rally for a 102-89 victory over the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte.

Dallas Mavericks guard Deron Williams didn’t play in his homecoming game in Brooklyn. Brooklyn lost the lead with 4:30 to play, regained it on a Joe Johnson three with 2:03 to play, lost it with 12.4 on the clock before Thaddeus Young – who played a spectacular game – drained a three-pointer with 6.3 left. Young later stripped ball from Barea, leading to Brook Lopez’s hook shot with 36 seconds left for a one-point Nets lead.

Presented with the names of those ahead of him on the NBA’s career scoring list, Dirk Nowitzki said “it sounds pretty good”.

“It was clear to me from the start that Dirk, at a height of 2.13 meters (7 feet), wasn’t going to become a long-distance runner, weightlifter or a gymnast”.

Point guard Deron Williams was sidelined with a strained hamstring, sitting out what would have been his first game back in Brooklyn after the Nets bought out the final two seasons of his $98.5 contract during the summer. Like I’ve said, it’s a dream come true.

Davis finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds, while Evans scored 24 points, pulled down eight rebounds and dished out nine assists. This, after two straight seasons where ankle injuries and inconsistency were more common than, you know, actual good games.

This January, they have ten games at home, and with the Barclays a tough place to go into for road teams, they could definitely take advantage.