DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — MVP. GOAT. Dirty. Dirk Nowitzki has picked up many nicknames during his 21-year NBA career. On Tuesday, it was a day to celebrate the 7-foot German and his many ...

Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 30 points and then announced his retirement in the 40-year-old's final home game, a 120-109 victory for the Dallas Mavericks over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night.

Nowitzki was then embraced by loud cheers during pregame warmups and his final introduction in front of a home crowd before the team played a tribute video titled "Uncle Dirk" in Nowitzki's honor.

DALLAS — When he comes back to his basketball home, Dirk Nowitzki makes a right turn onto the street named after him and takes a bashful look at the unavoidable 24-foot statue of him shooting ...

Nowitzki said he had broken down emotionally a few times in private since deciding in recent days that it was time to retire, including on the day of his final home game with his wife, Jessica ...

Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki makes it official that he's retiring, ... He didn't use the word retirement, but when he got the mic, he told the fans, "this is my last home game." Wow.