The Dallas Morning News SportsDayDFW.com NBA M Sunday, February 26, 2012 9C How far can Dirk climb up the NBA scoring leaders chart? Certain Hall-of-Famer Dirk Nowitzki added to his long list of career achievements Monday night when he moved into the top 20 on the NBA’s career scoring list. Here’s how he compares to the rest of the top 20: Chart represents the total points scored in a season. The wider the shaded area, the more points scored. Rookie 5th 10th 15th 20th year year year year year 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; 38,387 2. Karl Malone; 36,928 The nearly two-year gap from 1993 to 1995 when Michael 3. Michael Jordan; 32,292 Jordan first retired and pursued baseball is a rare period in a career that saw seven scoring championships. Red Huber/MCT 4. Wilt Chamberlain; 31,419 In the 1961-62 season, Jeremy Evans of the Utah Jazz hangs on the rim after Wilt Chamberlain became completing a dunk in the Slam Dunk Contest during the only player ever to score NBA All-Star Saturday festivities in Orlando. 4,000 points in a season. At his current pace, Nowitzki ALL-STAR COMPETITIONS would have to play eight more seasons — when he would be 42 5. Kobe Bryant; 28,834* — to have a chance to surpass Evans’ dunks get Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time scoring leader. approval of fans 6. Shaquille O’Neal; 28,596 Utah player wins WESTERN CONFERENCE support as contest is SOUTHWEST W L Pct GB Str L10 2 San Antonio.......24 10.706 — W-1 9-1 decided by text votes 4Dallas................. 21 13 .618 3 L-1 7-3 7. Moses Malone; 27,409 6Houston.............2014.588 4 W-37-3 7Memphis............1915.559 5 W-17-3 1 ORLANDO, Fla. — Utah’s 15 New Orleans.......8 25.24215 ⁄2 W-1 4-6 Jeremy Evans won the Slam NORTHWEST W L Pct GB Str L10 1 Oklahoma City....27 7.794 — W-5 8-2 Dunk Contest at the NBA’s 8Portland.............1816.529 9 W-14-6 1 9 Denver............... 18 17 .514 9 ⁄2 L-2 3-7 All-Star Saturday night fes- 10 Minnesota........ 17 17 .500 10 W-1 5-5 8. Elvin Hayes; 27,313 tivities. 11 Utah ................ 15 17 .469 11 L-3 2-8 Evans, who got into the PACIFIC W L Pct GB Str L10 3 LA Clippers.........20 11.645 — W-1 6-4 1 competition as a replacement 5 LA Lakers...........20 14.588 1 ⁄2 L-1 6-4 1 12 Golden State.....13 17.433 6 ⁄2 W-2 5-5 for injured New York guard 1 13Phoenix............1420.4127⁄2 L-1 4-6 Iman Shumpert, earned 29 14 Sacramento ...... 11 22 .333 10 W-1 3-7 percent of 3 million text mes- EASTERN CONFERENCE 9. Hakeem Olajuwon; 26,946 sage votes cast by fans. This was the first year that ATLANTIC W L Pct GB Str L10 4Philadelphia.......2014.588— L-53-7 1 fans had total control of vot- 7 New York...........17 18.486 3 ⁄2 L-1 7-3 Oscar Robertson’s highest- 8Boston...............1517.469 4 L-53-7 ing, a major tweak from past 1 12 Toronto............ 10 23 .303 9 ⁄2 W-1 3-7 scoring season came in 1 competitions. 13 New Jersey.......10 25.28610 ⁄2 L-1 2-8 1963-64, when he finished Evans earned the win over SOUTHEAST W L Pct GB Str L10 10 . Oscar Robertson; 26,710 with 2,480 points and also 1 Miami................ 27 7 .794 — W-8 9-1 Nowitzki will be 34 years old in Houston’s Chase Budinger, 1 led the NBA with 868 assists, 5 Orlando.............. 22 13 .629 5 ⁄2 L-1 7-3 June and after this season has Indiana’s Paul George and 6 Atlanta .............. 20 14 .588 7 W-1 4-6 1 one of six times to lead the 14Washington........726.21219⁄2 L-4 3-7 two years left on his contract. If league in assists. Minnesota’s Derrick Wil- 15 Charlotte............4 28 .125 22 L-2 1-9 he maintains his average liams. CENTRAL W L Pct GB Str L10 of 1,753 points per season, Evans dunked with a cam- 2 Chicago .............. 27 8 .771 — W-2 8-2 he’d surpass No. 10 3Indiana..............2112.636 5 W-45-5 era on his head, dunked two 9Cleveland...........1318.41912L-15-5 Oscar Robertson on the list by the 11. Dominique Wilkins; 26,668 basketballs while jumping 10 Milwaukee........ 13 20 .394 13 L-2 3-7 end of the 2013-14 season. 11 Detroit............. 11 24 .314 16 L-2 6-4 over a seated assistant and NOTE: In each conference, the division champions then donned a Karl Malone and the team with the next best record are seeded 1-4 in the playoffs according to record. The next jersey while dunking over four teams in each conference with the best record mailman-dressed comedian also qualify for the playoffs. Kevin Hart. SATURDAY’S GAMES 12. John Havlicek; 26,395 No games scheduled This year’s contest lasted TODAY’S GAME three rounds, but the four NBA ALL-STAR GAME (At Orlando, Fla.) Boston’s John Havlicek participants had only two East vs. West (TNT) 6:30 scored 1,322 points in his minutes per round to com- MONDAY’S GAMES No games scheduled last season in 1977-78, plete a single dunk. joining Wilt Chamberlain 13. Alex English; 25,613 Love captures Shootout: and Michael Jordan as Minnesota forward Kevin Love NBA ALL-STAR one of only three on this won the 3-point Shootout, GAME ROSTERS list to finish their careers surviving a tiebreaker in the EASTERN CONFERENCE with a 1,000-point first round and then sweating No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. season. out the last few shots from 7 * Carmelo Anthony, NY F 6-8 230 6 * LeBron James, Mia. F 6-8 250 14. Reggie Miller; 25,279 Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant 1 * Derrick Rose, Chi. G 6-3 190 in a 17-14 victory in the final. 3 * Dwyane Wade, Mia. G 6-4 220 12 * Dwight Howard, Orl. C 6-11 265 Love tied for third in Round 1 1 Chris Bosh, Mia. F 6-11 235 with 18, along with Miami’s 9 # Luol Deng, Chi. F 6-9 220 55 # Roy Hibbert, Ind. C 7-2 260 Mario Chalmers, but won 5-4 9 # Andre Iguodala, Phi. F-G 6-6 207 in a tiebreaker. Defending 55 x Joe Johnson, Atl. G 6-7 240 34 Paul Pierce, Bos. F 6-7 235 champion James Jones led all 9 Rajon Rondo, Bos. G 6-1 186 15. Jerry West; 25,192 shooters in the opening round 8 Deron Williams, N.J. G 6-3 209 Head Coach: Tom Thibodeau, Chi. with 22 and Durant had 20. WESTERN CONFERENCE Orlando’s Ryan Anderson No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. just missed eliminating both 35 * Kevin Durant, OKC F 6-9 235 Love and Chalmers, totaling 17 32 * Blake Griffin, LAC F 6-10 251 24 * Kobe Bryant, LAL G 6-6 205 after missing his final 2-point 3 * Chris Paul, LAC G 6-0 175 money ball. Love and Durant 17 * # Andrew Bynum, LAL C 7-0 285 16. Patrick Ewing; 24,815 12 # LaMarcus Aldridge, Por. F 6-11 240 each had 16 in Round 2 to 33 # Marc Gasol, Mem. C 7-1 265 Dirk could move past No. 15 advance to the finals, with 42 Kevin Love, Minn. F-C 6-10 260 Jerry West during the 2012-13 13 Steve Nash, Pho. G 6-3 178 Jones posting 12. 41 Dirk Nowitzki Dal. F 7-0 245 season. Allen Iverson and Parker wins Skills: San An- 9 Tony Parker, SA G 6-2 185 0 Russell Westbrook, OKC G 6-3 187 Jerry West are the tonio point guard Tony Parker Head Coach: Scott Brooks, OKC 17. Allen Iverson; 24,368 only two players won the Skills Competition. * – denotes starter; # – denotes first-time selec- on the list to not have Parker was the only one of six tion; x – denotes injured and will not participate played in at least participants to break 30 sec- 1,000 career games. onds in the first round (29.2), NBA ALL-STAR SATURDAY (At Orlando) and his time of 32.8 in the final SATURDAY’S RESULTS run on the obstacle course SHOOTING STARS FINALS was better than Boston’s *Team New York (Landry Fields, Cappie Pondexter, 18. Charles Barkley; 23,757 Rajon Rondo (34.6) and New Allan Houston), 37.3 Team Texas (Chandler Parsons, Sophia Young, Ken- Jersey’s Deron Williams (41.4). ny Smith), 47.6 The event involves partici- SKILLS CHALLENGE FINALS pants moving through a drib- *Tony Parker, San Antonio.............................32.8 bling circuit, successfully Rajon Rondo, Boston......................................34.6 Deron Williams, New Jersey ...........................41.4 throwing chest passes THREE-POINT CHALLENGE through a hanging tire and FINALS 19. Kevin Garnett; 23,742* Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City.............................16 driving for a layup. Kevin Love, Minnesota......................................16 Team New York prevails: James Jones, Miami .........................................12 Nowitzki and Kobe Bryant FINAL SHOOTOFF Team New York had the touch *Kevin Love, Minnesota....................................17 are two of five players from outside and won the Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City.............................14 among the top 20 scoring SLAM DUNK CONTEST Shooting Stars event.