{"id":104389,"date":"2026-01-19T07:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/durant-surpasses-nowitzki-on-the-nba-scoring-list-new-milestone\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:18:14","slug":"durant-surpasses-nowitzki-on-the-nba-scoring-list-new-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/durant-surpasses-nowitzki-on-the-nba-scoring-list-new-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Durant surpasses Nowitzki on the NBA scoring list: New milestone!"},"content":{"rendered":"In a night full of emotions, Kevin Durant surpassed his idol, Dirk Nowitzki, on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, solidifying his legacy in basketball history.\n\nDurant, aware of the proximity to the milestone, needed 17 points to climb to sixth place in the standings. The player scored 18 points in the Rockets’ 119-110 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.\n\nWith 31,562 points to his name, two more than Nowitzki (31,560), Durant is now in a privileged position, with Michael Jordan in fifth place with 32,292.\n\n

Being up there with Dirk, someone I admired, someone I idolized, someone I competed against. We had great battles. He always supported my career and my game. Being with a legend like him is crazy. And being right under Michael Jordan, it’s crazy.<\/p>Kevin Durant<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nDurant expressed his desire to continue advancing in the standings and see how his career ends, calling it “incredible”.\n\nHis teammates recognize the magnitude of his achievements.\n\n

He’s outplaying people every night. He keeps achieving milestones, and acts like it’s nothing. He doesn’t celebrate it. He just plays, and it happens naturally. It’s a testament to what a basketball player is supposed to be.<\/p>Jabari Smith Jr.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nDurant remembered the significant battles with Nowitzki, including the 2011 Western Conference Finals, where Nowitzki’s Mavericks defeated Oklahoma City.\n\nDurant admitted that there were times when he felt rivalry with Nowitzki, but over time, he idolized him and sought to emulate his respect in the league.\n\nAfter the game, a special message from Nowitzki was broadcast on the stadium screen.\n\n

It’s been incredible to watch his career. He is one of the purest scorers this game has seen. Congratulations KD, keep going. Climb a couple more spots and keep it up.<\/p>Dirk Nowitzki<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nDurant thanked Nowitzki’s message, highlighting his humility.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a night full of emotions, Kevin Durant surpassed his idol, Dirk Nowitzki, on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, solidifying his legacy in basketball history. Durant, aware of the proximity to the milestone, needed 17 points to climb to sixth place in the standings. The player scored 18 points in the Rockets’ 119-110 victory over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[11483,11484,1041,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-104389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-annotation","9":"tag-dirk-nowitzki","10":"tag-kevin-durant","11":"tag-nba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}