[Highlight] 40-year-old Dirk Nowitzki nails the jumper over Drew Eubanks for the final shot of his NBA career. Gregg Popovich is clapping on the sideline. 4/10/19
Anyone else think 4/10/19 was his statline at first lol
Now I’m wondering, of any player in NBA history who would be most likely to have a game with 19 assists and 10 boards but 4 points lol
I’d say Magic but he scored more than that
If the assists and rebounds were flipped I’d say Bill Walton
Maybe rondo
Draymond maybe, too. Early Kidd?
Draymond had a game where he almost had a quadruple double but couldn’t score enough pts
Missed out on a quad dub and a 5x5
I like early Kidd. Draymond I was thinking be he didn’t get quite enough assists I think
Oh thats a PERFECT answer lmao
Great answer
Phenomenal answer draymond could pull this off too
My first thought
Draymond Green. Google shows his career high assists is 19, and he once had a triple double while having single digit points.
Oh wow 19 is a higher career high assists than I’d have thought. That totally works then
I did know the low score triple double lmao
Draymond almost got this exact stat line — 2/12/19 — on April 23, 2021. Beat Denver 118-97.
Hell yeah lol
Draymond green might actually have that stat line
Even better going by other comments 2/12/19
Jason Kidd and maybe even Draymond come to mind other than Rondo as already mentioned
Jokic in a blowout game for the Nuggets. It’s crazy how I’ll see him score like 10 points in a game and it’s a 50⁄50 on whether he had a stinker or dropped a masterclass.
Jokic had 4/7/16 on 2⁄3 shooting against the 3-33 (WTF) Pistons in 2024
Westbrook on 2⁄17 shooting
Prime White Chocolate
Scott skiles?
Andre Drummond
Probably Westbrook tbh.
Maybe tyrese if he ever becomes a better rebounder
Made me think has there ever been anyone to get a stat line that matched the date is what done on? Obviously it rules out the 90’s (and also most of the late 20th century). But during the 2010’s I could see it. Something like a 11/07/10 statline on that date.
I was like damn, 4 points sucks but 19 assists are incredible
I feel like the sub wouldn’t do Dirk dirty like that, but for a player who’s not liked? That’s prime shitposting content
No
I did 😂😂
Yuuuuuuppp
Someone needs to dig through stats from the early 2000s to see how often stat lines were put up that matched the exact date the game was played.
12/11/7 - Monta Ellis on December 11th, 2007. (I made that up.)
By the way, if you read it from right to left, you almost get the exact stats he had - 20 Points, 10 Rebounds, 1 Assist.
Dirk’s fadeaway is a beauty of art. It’s unstoppable
The statue outside AA arena is a perfect recreation. Tongue out and all. check it
He really did get that deep angle sometimes, too.
Am I high(I am), or did I also remember Pop pumping up the crowd for Dirk
Nah he did, pop has always been a class act
He absolutely did
He did. He also told one of the defenders on the play to clear out for the iso, giving Dirk that chance.
I think that was Doc Rivers who grabbed the mic
He did and he was trying to wave Eubanks off and let Dirk have an open shot. More fitting, IMO, he drilled it with a hand in his face and Eubanks is/was a mid defender on his best day.
I don’t think he was waving Eubanks off, I think he wanted a Dirk iso just like this, give him one more one-on-one
Lol at Pop asking Eubanks to give space only for Dirk to make it anyway.
Haha I was wondering exactly what he was doing…. I reckon the contest helped anyway!
I think he was asking the perimeter guys to clear out so Dirk could have one last ISO.
Eubanks would have basically been throwing the game if he just let Dirk shoot it but Pop knows he’s going to hit that in Eubanks face every time on a ISO.
Exactly this. Classy act by Pop.
He was so angry at his players for even thinking of doubling him lol
Oh hey, Jalen Brunson.
And mornings lol
This video makes me realize how quickly things change. Look at all of the faces in this video!
Basically one year before the world turned to absolute shit
Loved how the San Antonio crowd popped when the shot went in
Real class by Spurs fans here. I didn’t realize how much they respected Dirk until this game, but it makes sense. The feeling is mutual between Mavs fans and Timmy. One of the reasons why it’s still one of the best rivalries in the NBA.
We used to be a proper team man
(Mavs)
Also this was Devin Harris’s last game too. Former all star, many years for Dallas, and he gave a post game intro for Dirk and never once was brought up in the context of the game or the season. Props to him also. He deserves a callout.
My all-time favorite player. Can’t believe it’s been this long since he retired. I loved watching him play and that fade-away.
I’m a Heat fan and hated watching him destroy us in the Finals and I still love him lol
Going to his last home game is on my Mount Rushmore of live sporting events I’ve seen.
I was also there. My favorite athlete ever. What an experience.
Awesome way to pass the torch to the next Mavs generation Luka and Brunson.
Not a Mavs fan but how can you not love it.
Vintage dirk!
Antique Dirk!
last day at work, bout to clock out Dirk
Pop made sure that Spurs did not double-team Dirk so Dirk could have his moment. Pop is all class.
Still see that shot in my nightmares. Of course in 2011 he got significantly more elevation but still
I remember watching this live, it was a bit surreal seeing the entire Spurs fans in that building cheering a Dirk jumper after having to watch him be a massive thorn in our side for many years haha but he was truly one of a kind and we got nothing but love and respect for Dirk
Dirk was getting doubled in this game, Pop had to tell his guys to stop
were they doubling dirk to troll him or was he havin a good game
Even 40 year old traffic cone Dirk had to be guarded because he could still shoot the lights out.
Gotta leave on a make.
Dirk Nowitzki is not just a basketball legend; he is the ultimate symbol of loyalty, class, and the true pioneer of the modern stretch big man.
Wow I thought the game where Jamal Crawford dropped 50 for the Suns vs Dirk was the final game of Dirk’s career, but it was next to last
That Crawford game was game 82 for the Suns (but game 81 for the Mavs)
I forgot teams used to not all have their game 82 on the same exact day as each other.
Yup, it was his last home game.
Dirk changed the game. A 7 footer who can play like that was unheard of at the time.
Damn i did not remember that the KP trade overlapped with Dirks time. Wtf
Good, his last game in Boston he didn’t make a shot and the crowd was audibly pulling for him on every attempt.
Weren’t they giving him a farewell tour, before he announced he was retiring at the end of the season?