Dirk Nowitzki made some history while his Dallas Mavericks were fighting for their postseason lives in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night.
NBA on ESPN noted he passed Scottie Pippen to move into 14th place on the all-time playoff scoring list in the first half:
Nowitzki did it with a vintage fadeaway jumper over the outstretched arms of Nick Collison. The Mavericks shared the play on Twitter:
Nowitzki now sits behind legendary names such as Magic Johnson, Hakeem Olajuwon and John Havlicek on the all-time playoff scoring list. Here is a look at the postseason scoring leaders coming into action Monday, before Nowitzki passed Pippen, per Basketball-Reference.com:
That he is in the top 15 comes as no surprise considering how effective of a scorer he has been throughout his career. He is sixth on the NBA’s all-time regular-season scoring list behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain.
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Dirk Nowitzki Passes Scottie Pippen on NBA’s All-Time Playoff Scoring List
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