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Dallas Mavericks Should Make Most of Dirk Nowitzki's Last Seasons, Rebuild Later

Dirk Nowitzki moved in the low blocks in one of those moves he had perfected through thousands of practice-court repetitions. He positioned his body to keep another of the NBA’s young, more athletic power forwards from foiling his plans. He then turned for one of those face-up jumpers that could become the pose for the statue the Dallas Mavericks will surely one day erect outside American Airlines Center in his honor.

As Nowitzki's fadeaway jumper sailed over Terrence Jones' reach on Sunday and caught only the final threads of the net on its way in, few likely paused to take a mental snapshot of the sort of moment Nowitzki had made too ordinary over the years to stand out.