They said there would be no math in this job, but we all counted to 20 Tuesday night.
And we had to count quickly, as it turned out.
Barely 13 minutes into Tuesday’s game, Dirk Nowitzki, as dependable a German import as this nation has ever seen, cradled teammate Devin Harris’ lob pass at the right side of the free throw lane, squared his broad shoulders and leaped over defender Larry Nance Jr.’s outstretched arms and into the NBA history books.
He needed 20 points to pass the 30,000 career mark, a golden standard achieved by only five players.