Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Travis Best and Dirk Nowitzki

This is the detail of NBA games in which Travis Best and Dirk Nowitzki 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 10 times in NBA games. Dirk Nowitzki has an 8-2 winning record over Travis Best. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Travis Best
vs.
Dirk Nowitzki
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Travis Best:
1995-96 to 2004-05
Dirk Nowitzki:
1998-99 to 2018-19
10 Games played
10 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Travis Best
2
2
0
Dirk Nowitzki
8
8
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Travis Best 13.2 2.3 4.6 1.10.3
Dirk Nowitzki 24.3 9.4 3.51.40.8
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Travis Best 30 11 8 41
Dirk Nowitzki 38 17 8 42
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Travis Best 2

games		 1

game		 5

games		 3

games		2

games
Dirk Nowitzki 8

games 		9

games		 3

games		 5

games		5

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 2

games		 2

games		3

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1999-00 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 21, 2000
1. Pacers 94   Travis Best 13 1 5 2 0 1 0 25 5-9 .556 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 93   Dirk Nowitzki 23 8 5 1 1 3 1 39 8-13 .615 4-6 .667 3-5 .600
Mar. 14, 2000
2. Pacers 90   Travis Best 26 0 5 1 0 0 3 25 9-12 .750 1-2 .500 7-8 .875
Mavericks 111   Dirk Nowitzki 28 5 2 0 0 0 3 29 10-13 .769 4-5 .800 4-4 1.000
2000-01 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 02, 2000
3. Pacers 88   Travis Best 30 11 8 2 0 4 2 45 12-20 .600 2-5 .400 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 94   Dirk Nowitzki 15 5 1 2 2 3 3 34 5-13 .385 1-5 .200 4-6 .667
Dec. 13, 2000
4. Pacers 97   Travis Best 15 4 8 4 0 1 4 45 5-14 .357 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 92   Dirk Nowitzki 5 7 0 1 1 1 4 34 1-10 .100 0-3 .000 3-4 .750
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 12, 2002
5. Pacers 102   Travis Best 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 15 1-5 .200 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000
Mavericks 111   Dirk Nowitzki 31 11 4 0 0 2 2 48 10-21 .476 2-4 .500 9-12 .750
Feb. 05, 2002
6. Pacers 140   Travis Best 10 1 5 2 1 1 6 37 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
2OT Mavericks 141   Dirk Nowitzki 38 17 1 3 0 5 3 52 10-22 .455 4-8 .500 14-15 .933
2002-03 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 15, 2003
7. Heat 92   Travis Best 21 3 8 0 0 3 3 36 7-13 .538 4-6 .667 3-3 1.000
Mavericks 98   Dirk Nowitzki 25 12 8 1 2 2 5 44 7-20 .350 1-5 .200 10-11 .909
Mar. 07, 2003
8. Heat 89   Travis Best 2 1 2 0 1 1 4 23 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 91   Dirk Nowitzki 21 10 4 1 0 1 3 41 8-22 .364 2-6 .333 3-3 1.000
2004-05 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 13, 2004
9. Nets 78   Travis Best 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 94   Dirk Nowitzki 31 7 7 4 0 1 3 44 10-18 .556 3-4 .750 8-11 .727
Jan. 15, 2005
10. Nets 93   Travis Best 11 2 4 0 1 1 2 17 4-8 .500 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000
Mavericks 98   Dirk Nowitzki 26 12 3 1 2 1 0 41 8-16 .500 0-1 .000 10-10 1.000
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