Thunder vs. Mavericks Game 1: Dirk Nowitzki highlights - 48 points, 24-24 FTs (5.17.11)

Dirk Nowitzki outgunned Kevin Durant and overwhelmed one Thunder defender after another Tuesday, scoring 48 points in the Mavericks' 121-112 win in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals in Dallas. A parade of Oklahoma City players unsuccessfully tried to guard Nowitzki -- including Serge Ibaka, Nick Collison, Thabo Sefolosha, Kendrick Perkins, James Harden and Durant -- and the 7-footer made a record-setting parade to the foul line, shooting a perfect 24-for-24 at the stripe to go along with his 12-for-15 effort from the field.

Nowitzki broke the NBA playoff record for free throws made without a miss, previously held by Boston's Paul Pierce with a 21-for-21 game in a 2003 first-round series against Indiana. The Mavericks extended their franchise-record postseason winning streak to seven games and improved to 6-0 at home in the playoffs. Jason Terry (24) and J.J. Barea (21) helped the Dallas bench outscore the Thunder reserves by a 53-22 margin and Jason Kidd delivered 11 assists

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[UpsideDownMan91]

Serge Ibaka disliked this video.

[vflshooter]

haha, nick collision at 5:53 on the bench...

[PurplePlayer99]

Love dirk, I want to see him play like his old self again. He's already starting to, scoring over 20 consistently and even had a 40 point game a few nights back but definitely not @ the same lvl he used to be

[nwc333]

@iiNfAm0uZz Gonna have to agree with Corey on this one. They beat them at the buzzer in one and without Dirk in another. I suppose you forgot that Dallas beat them by 14 this season as well?

[corey123190]

@iiNfAm0uZz beat there ass really? 1 game durant hit a 3 at the buzzer and the other time dirk didnt even play

[MrPs3roc]

lol russel wrestbrook ran into someone

[vladepop]

haha, Van Gundy is crazy :D : "If I was Serge Ibaka, I'll name my firs son Dirk" LOL

[yodogshit]

@joemoe23 i agree dirk is the real deal

[yodogshit]

@joemoe23 i agree dirk is the real deal

[joemoe23]

Dirk's 2011 playoff run was the best by any 1 player in the history of this league.

[iiNfAm0uZz]

Lol thunder beat there ass numerous times this season.

[Gambling79]

Does anybody know where I can find the video where Magic Johnson talks about Dirk´s performance in this game? I can only find game 4 but there was one video fro game 1. Please help :-)