Check out this line: 48 points (on 12-of-15 shooting), 24-for-24 from the free throw line (an NBA playoff record), six rebounds, four assists and four blocks.
That’s what Dirk Nowitzki did in Game 1, and the Mavs won, 121-112.
The game was close in the fourth quarter thanks to Kevin Durant (who finished with 40-8-5 in his own right), but the Mavs were too much in the end. Russell Westbrook went 3-for-15 from the field, but scored 14 points from the free throw line to finish with an ugly 20 points.
Jason Terry (24 points) and J.J. Barea (21 points) anchored the bench, while Shawn Marion (11-7-3, one steal, one block) scored some key buckets for Dallas.
