Dirk Nowitzki: The highest scoring international player

With 8:54 left in the 4th quarter Dirk Nowitzki made NBA history when he hit the mid range jumper over Landry. With that make he passes Hakeem Olajuwon for 9th place on the all time scoring list. This makes him the highest scoring international player as he was born and raised in Würzburg, Germany. Now with just under 27,000 career points he looks to pass Elvin Hayes who has 27,313. Nearing the end of his career Nowitzki has never led the league in scoring so he quite likely is the highest scorer in history that never led the league in scoring in a season and if he isn't he's now one step closer to becoming it.

The NBA's offical youtube account released this video tonight highlighting some milestones in his career. Although more could certainly be added to the video it's probably best to wait until his entire HoF career is over to make the hour long epic. 

NBA Last Team to Lose

Going into tonight's games there are only 3 teams remaining who have yet to lose, the Houston Rockets (6-0), the Memphis Grizzlies (5-0) and the Golden State Warriors (4-0). This arises the question, which team can remain undefeated for longer? 

The Memphis Grizzlies play against the injury ridden Oklahoma City Thunder tonight and the rebuilding Milwaukee Bucks tomorrow and are assumed to win both games. The next game for the Warriors and the Rockets are actually against each other tomorrow night so it's guaranteed that by Sunday there will be at least one undefeated team remaining and the winning streak of either the Rockets or the Warriors will come to an end. So assuming the Grizzlies avoid a major blunder come Sunday two teams will be left. If the Warriors win they will then have to beat the Phoenix Suns the next night to keep the streak going and if the Rockets win they will be able to relax until their next game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Before that game though, on Tuesday, the Grizzlies will have to beat the Lakers and the Warriors will have to beat the defending champion San Antonio Spurs. This leads me to believe that the Warriors will not stay unbeaten for the longest since they face 3 teams quite capable of ending said streak. It's also worth mentioning that the Warriors only won 1 of the 4 possible games last season against the Rockets and their game against them on Saturday is in Houston so I'm comfortable saying that the Rockets and the Grizzlies will be the last two teams to stay undefeated. The Grizzlies may face 3 lower skilled teams for their next games but upsets happen in the NBA almost every night (they'll have to face Kobe one night) and the Grizzlies have issues scoring some nights so simply by having to face more teams the Grizzlies have a harder shot than the Rockets. For these reasons it's my opinion that the Houston Rockets will be the final team in the NBA to remain undefeated.