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Celtics Players Helping Him Score Let Dirk Nowitzki Know it was the End

Dirk recalled he needed one basket to pass Kobe Bryant as the highest-scoring Western Conference visitor in East. The crowd knew, the Celtics knew, both teams wanted him to get it. “They’re cheering my name in Boston,” he said. He missed jumper after jumper, even bricked a final wide-open look. “If I can’t score one basket… it’s time to go.”