NOW
NOW THAT'S WHAT'S LEFT TO DO IS LOOK BACK ON 20 YEARS OF
BRILLIANCE ON THE FLOOR AND OFF.
ON FEBRUARY NIGHT IN LOS
ANGE+@LES, NINE+@ SECONDS LEFT
THE GAME+@.
THE GAME+@. >> I WAS LIKE WHAT THE IS HE
DOING?
DOING?
DOING? >>
DOING? >> THE PLAY HAS STOPPED . THE
COACH DOC RIVERS COMMANDEERED
THE PUBLIC MICROPHONE.
TO PAY HOMAGE TO DIRK, PLAYING
HIS FINAL GAME IN LA.
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.
THE WORDS REVERBERATED
THROUGHOUT THE STAPLES CENTER,
AS A 19,000 STOOD AND ROARED
FOR THE MAVERICKS LEGEND.
>> THE TRIBUTE WAS UNLIKE
ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN OR
EXPECTED.
EXPECTED.
EXPECTED. >> AN +@UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT.
FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED PLAY+@ER.
>> CHANGE THE W+@AY THE GAME IS
PLAYED.
PLAYED.
PLAYED. +@
PLAYED. AT 7 FEET TALL, HE PROVED BIG
MEN COULD DO MORE THAN PLAY
NEAR THE BASKET. +@
>> NONE THAT WERE SHOOTERS
FIRST.
FIRST.
FIRST. >>
FIRST. >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER
BEEN A PLAYER LIKE THAT.
>> IN HIS ONE LIKE IT FADE
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. HE
AWAY. HE CAME ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC
SHOCKS IN BASKETBALL LORE.
>> IN TERMS OF SHOOTING FROM
ANYWHERE IN THE COURT, HE
+@
+@ BECAME
+@ BECAME THE MODEL.
>> HE MADE A COOL FOR BIG MEN
TO SHOOT THREES.
NOWADAYS, MOST OF THEM DO.
HE IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST
RESPECTED AND BELOVED PLAYERS
OF ALL TIME.
JUST ASK LeBRON JAMES.
>> I HAD TO CONGRATULATE DIRK
NOWITZKI ON PUTTING UP 30,000
POINTS .
POINTS .
POINTS . >> LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT DIRK
NOWITZKI.
NOWITZKI.
NOWITZKI. HE IS THE NICEST MAN EVER.
>> YC SO BELOVED?
I THINK HE IS THE KID NEXT-DOOR.
>> HE SAID I'M READY FOR THE
NBA.
NBA.
NBA. >>
NBA. >> HE IS JUST A LOVABLE HUMAN
BEING THAT HAS A MASSIVELY BIG
HEART.
HEART.
HEART. >>
HEART. >> IS THE GUY GO TO THE
HOSPITALS AND PLAYING WITH THE
KIDS AND SPEND THE EXTRA TIME
WITH THEM.
WITH THEM. VOLUNTEERING AND DOING ON
CAMERAS WHAT HE DOES OFF +@
CAMERAS.
CAMERAS.
CAMERAS. >> AS YOU GUYS MIGHT EXPECT,
THIS IS MY LAST HOME GAME.
>> NUMBER 41 TURNS 41 IN JUNE
AND SOON THE HUSBAND AND FATHER
OF THREE WILL BEGIN THE NEXT
STAGE OF HIS LIFE.
>> IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.
BASKETBA+@LL WILL ALWAYS BE A B
PART OF MY LIFE.
>> OUR HOPE AND EXPECTATION IS
@ THAT IT IS WITH THE MAVERICKS.
>> I'M SURE I WILL BE INVOLVED
SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, BUT
THAT'S FOR NOW, AND I DON'T
WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT FOR NOW.
>> I PROMISE YOU WE +@WILL PUT
THE BIGGEST, MOST BAD STATUE
EVER .
EVER .
EVER . >>
EVER . >> THE BEST IS YET TO COME FOR
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. >>
HIM. >> UNPRECE+@DENTED CHAPTER FOR
UNPRECEDENTED PLAYER.
UNPRECEDENTED PLAYER. >> HE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A
BASKET BALLPLAYER.
BASKET BALLPLAYER. >> WE GOING TO +@WAKE UP ONE DA
AND HE IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. >> IS T+@HAT HARD TO THINK ABOU
>> OH, YEAH.
OH, YEAH.
OH, YEAH.
OH, YEAH. IT'+@S NOT JUST THE PLAYER+@
WALKING DOWN TO THE LOCKER
ROOM, IT IS THE CULTURE, IT IS
THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT HE
DEMANDS F+@ROM HIMSELF AND HIS
TEAMMATES EVERY DAY, IT IS A
LEADER BY EXAMPLE, IT IS, IT'S
A LOT.
A LOT.
A LOT. >>
A LOT. >> DIRK NOWITZKI.
>> IN DALLAS, I'M