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40-year-old Dirk Nowitzki has vintage performance in farewell game to Oracle Arena

OAKLAND, Calif. -- No matter how many times you see the Gash of Honor, it’s higher on the wall than you remember it being.

It’s about 15 feet off the floor, on the wall facing Oracle Arena’s visitors’ locker room.

The gash was famously caused by a Dirk Nowitzki fit of rage, on May 3, 2007, when he threw a chair - or was it a trashcan? - high upon the wall moments after his 67-victory Mavericks were bounced in the first round of the playoffs by 42-win Golden State.

Nowitzki didn’t exactly get vindication by scoring a season-high 21 points in the Mavericks’ shocking 126-91 victory Saturday night over two-time-reigning champion Golden State, but it was quite a way for 40-year-old Nowitzki to say farewell to 53-year-old Oracle.