Dirk greatness listed, thanks to crazyboy from realgm to collect it, other posters (mostly or all of them Mavs fans) names are staying in the post to give them credit.
Dirk Nowitzki and Mavs become first team in NBA history
To defeat three teams that each had a
ALL-NBA 1st team player and ALL-NBA 2nd team player:
Kobe and Gasol
Durant and Westbrook
LeBron and Wade
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Dirk now holds the all time record for the most efficient scoring game (40+ points) in the history of the NBA
Achieved against OKC.
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Dirk is only 1 of 3 players in the history of the NBA to win the ring while being a volumne scorer (25+ ppg) and hitting nothing but net (60% TS).
The others are: Larry Bird and Michael Jordan
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Dirk now holds an all time record for consecutive FT made in a game for the regular season AND the playoffs.
Achieved against OKC.
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Dirk is only 1 of 3 people to average more than 10 points in clutch situations in the finals.
The others are:
Most Points Per 4th Quarter
NBA Finals Past 20 Seasons
1995 Shaquille O'Neal 11.5
2000 Shaquille O'Neal 11.5
1997 Michael Jordan 10.7
2011 Dirk Nowitzki 10.3
1993 Michael Jordan 10.3
O'Neals games are marked with an asterisk because of the intentional fouls against him as soon as the 4th quarter started.
It's save to say that this elite level is reserved exclusively for Jordan and Nowitzki.
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Dirk Nowitzki is only 1 of 4 players to ever average at least 25 points and at least 10 rebounds in the post season.
The others are: Hakeem, Baylor and Pettit.
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Nowitzki is the 11th player in NBA history with at least 10 NBA All-Star appearances, an MVP award and a Finals MVP award. Seven of the other 10 are members of the Basketball Hall of Fame and the other three -- Tim Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant -- are near-locks to be enshrined once they are eligible.
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Jason Terry tied an NBA postseason record with nine 3-pointers and the Mavericks matched a league playoff mark with 20 3s on their way to a 122-86 victory over the Lakers on Sunday
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The Dallas team now becomes the second-oldest team to ever win an NBA championship, trailing only the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls.
http://thepaintedarea.blogspot...s-would-be.html
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Kidd become the oldest title-winning player to lead his team in minutes (regular+playoffs). He's also the oldest starter to ever win a ring. All as a guard, where speed should matter more. Just amazing longevity from the Hall of Famer.
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The Mavericks lineup of Jason-Kidd-Jason Terry-Shawn Marion-Dirk Nowitzki-Tyson Chandler appears to be the greatest clutch lineup on Earth (since the introduction of advanced metrics).
http://thepaintedarea.blogspot...d-greatest.html
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spimonkeyTTU wrote:
Dirk is one of 4 players to lead his team to 10 straight 50+ win seasons, win an NBA MVP, and an NBA Championship.
The other 3 are Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, and Tim Duncan.
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d4niel wrote:
DIrk is also a World CC MVP and European CC MVP
NOBODY ELSE DID THIS BEFORE
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BigDBamBam wrote:
khaled1987 wrote: I am not sure about this,but isn't Dirk has the record for highest FT% in the play offs history (with players shooting 100 FT at least to be counted ) ?
According to BBR.com, he is. He and Bird are also the only players in playoff history to have 2 100+ FTA, 91% FT% seasons.