Sport durch und durch. Nowitzki ist Dallas in Person kaum zu fassen. Ebenfalls interessant. Vergangene Nacht Dirk Nowitzki zum In 50 Jahren hielt er in mehr als Bei den bisherigen Anbieter des Monats.

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His 20th career point game was his first since January , and the first by a year-old since Karl Malone in — On July 27, , Nowitzki re-signed with the Mavericks.

He also became the first international player to reach the milestone and one of only three to score all 30,plus with one team—the others being Karl Malone Utah and Kobe Bryant Lakers.

Following the —17 season, Nowitzki exercised his player option to become a free agent; this move allowed the Mavericks to re-sign him with less money and be able to pursue other free agents.

On July 23, , Nowitzki re-signed with the Mavericks for the —19 season. Nowitzki began playing for the German national basketball team in In his debut tournament, the EuroBasket , the year-old rookie emerged as the main German scorer, but Germany finished seventh and failed to qualify for the Olympic Games.

However, with averages of In the quarter-finals against the Pau Gasol -led Spain, Spain was up 52—46 after three-quarters, but then Nowitzki scored 10 points in the last quarter and led Germany to a 70—62 win.

Back in Germany, over four million television viewers followed the games, an all-time record in German basketball history.

Nowitzki scored In the EuroBasket , Nowitzki led a depleted German squad into the Finals, beating title favorites Slovenia in the quarter-finals and Spain in the semi-finals on the way.

EuroBasket pundits praised Nowitzki in both matches: against Slovenia 76—62 , the forward scored a game-high 22 points and commented: "The Slovenians underestimated us.

They said we were the team they wanted and that was wrong, you shouldn't do that in the quarter-finals. The German later commented: "It was indescribable.

Garbajosa kind of pushed me towards the baseline so I just went with it. But overall, finishing eighth in the world is not bad.

In the EuroBasket , in which the top three teams automatically qualified for the Olympics , Nowitzki led Germany to a fifth place.

He was the leading scorer with Nowitzki led Germany into a decisive match against Puerto Rico for the last remaining slot.

In that crucial match, he scored a game-high 32 points and was vital for the 96—82 win which sent the German basketball team to their first Olympics since the Summer Olympics.

Nowitzki led the German team to a tenth-place finish, and averaged In , Nowitzki skipped the EuroBasket In summer , Nowitzki played with Germany in the EuroBasket , where the team reached ninth place.

In , Nowitzki captained Germany at the EuroBasket. They won only one game, and were eliminated in the group stage, on home soil.

Nowitzki was named the Euroscar European Basketball Player of the Year by the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport for five years running from to and again in Nowitzki was a versatile frontcourt player who mostly played the power forward position, but also played center and small forward in his career.

Nowitzki's shooting accuracy, combined with his long seven-foot frame and unique shooting mechanics such as having a release point above his head , made his jump shots difficult to contest.

Nowitzki was the sixth player in NBA history, and the first European, to hit the 30,point milestone. Nowitzki is the only player to record at least 31, points, 10, rebounds, 3, assists, 1, steals, 1, blocks and 1, three-point field goals.

Nowitzki's older sister, Silke Nowitzki , described Nowitzki as a confident but low-key character, unspoiled by money and fame. He founded the Dirk Nowitzki Foundation, a charity which aims at fighting poverty in Africa.

The relationship started in and lasted for 10 years before it ended in ; Nowitzki said, "At the end, we found out we developed in separate ways.

It did not work anymore, but we are still good friends. Nowitzki acknowledged close ties to his mentor Holger Geschwindner, whom he called his best friend.

He is also good friends with his ex-teammate Steve Nash. He made life easier for me and I for him Our friendship was something solid in a very volatile world.

Nowitzki's career has been chronicled in books. The page hardcover book follows Nowitzki's beginnings in his native Würzburg , documents his entry into and ascent within the NBA, and ends at the beginning of the —05 NBA season.

It looks back on the NBA Finals but also has a strong focus on Nowitzki's relation to his hometown Würzburg and his career progression which began there.

The book features insights from former coaches, family members, and friends. Thomas Pletzinger published in the page biography The Great Nowitzki , which was regarded as one of the best sports-biographies to have ever been published in German.

In , the film documentary Nowitzki. The Perfect Shot was released, which retells Nowitzki's career and life. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Zuvor war die Endrunde elf Mal in Folge verfehlt worden. Der bisher einzige Titel der Mavericks. Schon war er zum besten Spieler der regulären Saison gewählt worden, führte in diesem Jahr die Mavs zu 67 Siegen und zum einzigen Mal auf Platz eins der Western Conference.

Als erst sechster Profi überhaupt und erster Europäer knackte Nowitzki die U polufinalu Zapada uspjeli su svladati San Antonio Spurse u sedam utakmica.

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U prvom krugu svladali su ih New Orleans Hornetsi , a Chris ih je sa svojim sjajnim izvedbama odveo do pobjede u pet utakmica. U dresu reprezentacije debitirao je na Europskom prvenstvu u Francuskoj Tijekom Europskog prvenstva u Turskoj Na Svjetskom prvenstvu u Indianapolisu Na Europskom prvenstvu u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori