Durant moves past Nowitzki for sixth on NBA's scoring list

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HOUSTON -- Kevin Durant knew Sunday exactly how close he was to surpassing his idol, Dirk Nowitzki, on the NBA's career scoring list.

Durant needed the 17 points to move into sixth place on the all-time scorer list. He got those points and finished with 18 in a 119-110 win over New Orleans. The 15-time All-Star scored his final two points from the free throw line with 15.2 seconds remaining and added another career highlight.

Durant has 31,562 points, two better than Nowitzki (31,560), with Michael Jordan in fifth place at 32,292.

"To be up there with Dirk, somebody I looked up to, I idolized, I competed against," Durant said. "We…