Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dirk Nowitzki and Kostas Papanikolaou

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dirk Nowitzki and Kostas Papanikolaou played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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They faced each other a total of 6 times in NBA games. Overall, they are tied 3-3, but Kostas Papanikolaou won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 2-1 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

Dirk Nowitzki

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Kostas Papanikolaou


NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2023-24
Dirk Nowitzki: 1998-99 to 2018-19
Kostas Papanikolaou: 2014-15 to 2015-16

6 Games played

3 in Regular Season

3 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Dirk Nowitzki	3	2	1
Kostas Papanikolaou	3	1	2

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Dirk Nowitzki	14.0	9.3	2.0	1.0	0.5
Kostas Papanikolaou	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.0

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Dirk Nowitzki	22	15	4	3	2
Kostas Papanikolaou	8	7	2	2	0

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Dirk Nowitzki	6 games	5 games	4 games	4 games	2 games
Kostas Papanikolaou	0 games	0 games	0 games	1 game	0 games
Both had same stat	0 games	1 game	2 games	1 game	4 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2014-15 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 22, 2014
1.	Mavericks	92	Dirk Nowitzki	11	7	2	0	2	0	2	31	4-18	.222	0-8	.000	3-4	.750
	Rockets	95	Kostas Papanikolaou	8	7	2	2	0	0	4	38	2-11	.182	2-6	.333	2-2	1.000
	Feb. 20, 2015
2.	Mavericks	111	Dirk Nowitzki	12	6	2	1	0	0	3	27	6-13	.462	0-1	.000	0-0	-
	Rockets	100	Kostas Papanikolaou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	01	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-


2015 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Apr. 21, 2015
3.	Mavericks	99	Dirk Nowitzki	10	13	2	1	0	0	1	37	3-14	.214	0-2	.000	4-4	1.000
	Rockets	111	Kostas Papanikolaou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Apr. 26, 2015
4.	Mavericks	121	Dirk Nowitzki	16	8	4	0	1	1	2	35	7-14	.500	0-1	.000	2-2	1.000
	Rockets	109	Kostas Papanikolaou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Apr. 28, 2015
5.	Mavericks	94	Dirk Nowitzki	22	15	0	1	0	2	5	39	8-23	.348	0-6	.000	6-8	.750
	Rockets	103	Kostas Papanikolaou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-


2015-16 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 28, 2015
6.	Mavericks	92	Dirk Nowitzki	13	7	2	3	0	0	1	31	4-9	.444	1-3	.333	4-4	1.000
	Nuggets	81	Kostas Papanikolaou	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	02	0-0	-	0-0	-	2-2	1.000