We all thought it was going to happen on Saturday. The Dallas Mavericks were comfortably ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Dirk Nowitzki was in the midst of his highest minute count of the season. The reason Dirk was playing so many minutes? He is nearing another major milestone for his career.
Nowitzki was 18 points away from passing Wilt Chamberlain on the NBA All-Time scoring list going in to Saturday’s game. He would have needed a season high to pass Wilt in that game and it was looking like a real possibility. After three quarters, Dirk had only 4 points and seemingly no chance to take the 6th overall scoring position in NBA history.