Dirk Nowitzki dropped his most points in a game versus Shaquille O'Neal on November 11, 2004, with 41 points.

Interpreted as:

dirk most pts in a regular-season game vs shaq

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	41	11/11/2004	DAL	@	MIA	42	10	4	0	2	12	24	50.0	4	7	57.1	13	13	100.0	69.0	1	9	2	2	+30
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	39	12/4/2008	DAL	vs	PHX	38	9	2	0	1	17	25	68.0	2	3	66.7	3	3	100.0	74.1	2	7	2	3	+15
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	34	3/10/2009	DAL	@	PHX	38	13	4	1	2	13	27	48.1	0	0		8	8	100.0	55.7	6	7	3	1	+4
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	33	12/5/2001	DAL	@	LAL	42	14	3	0	3	12	20	60.0	3	5	60.0	6	8	75.0	70.2	3	11	1	4	-3
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32	4/6/2008	DAL	@	PHX	38	12	1	2	0	11	23	47.8	1	3	33.3	9	10	90.0	58.4	1	11	3	4	+12
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31	2/22/2007	DAL	vs	MIA	38	11	6	1	2	11	17	64.7	0	1	0.0	9	9	100.0	74.0	3	8	3	2	+11
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30	12/27/1999	DAL	@	LAL	38	6	1	1	1	10	16	62.5	5	7	71.4	5	5	100.0	82.4	3	3	0	5	+5
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	29	12/22/2000	DAL	vs	LAL	46	10	2	0	0	9	15	60.0	0	3	0.0	11	15	73.3	67.1	0	10	1	5	+2
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	28	4/5/2009	DAL	vs	PHX	29	3	4	0	1	10	12	83.3	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	90.2	0	3	2	1	+23
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	27	11/28/2009	DAL	@	CLE	42	9	2	1	1	10	19	52.6	0	0		7	9	77.8	58.8	2	7	2	3	-12
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	27	2/9/2006	DAL	vs	MIA	31	4	1	0	2	11	16	68.8	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	76.0	0	4	0	2	+20
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	27	12/12/2003	DAL	@	LAL	46	12	5	1	1	10	22	45.5	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	54.8	1	11	1	3	+17
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	26	4/8/2003	DAL	@	LAL	40	9	2	1	0	8	20	40.0	2	7	28.6	8	8	100.0	55.3	0	9	3	1	-7
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25	4/3/2003	DAL	vs	LAL	47	22	2	1	0	7	21	33.3	1	6	16.7	10	10	100.0	49.2	3	19	3	4	-10
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25	2/20/2001	DAL	vs	LAL	41	8	0	1	2	10	18	55.6	2	4	50.0	3	3	100.0	64.7	1	7	1	3	-12
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25	12/3/2000	DAL	@	LAL	38	11	1	0	3	9	16	56.3	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	67.1	1	10	5	1	+8
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	24	3/30/2001	DAL	@	LAL	40	9	3	2	1	7	13	53.8	3	5	60.0	7	12	58.3	65.6	3	6	0	2	-4
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	21	12/6/2002	DAL	@	LAL	43	12	3	2	1	6	11	54.5	4	4	100.0	5	7	71.4	74.6	0	12	2	2	+5
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	20	11/7/1999	DAL	@	LAL	31	9	0	0	1	6	10	60.0	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	79.1	1	8	2	5	-8
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	19	1/9/2009	DAL	@	PHX	34	7	2	1	0	5	12	41.7	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	61.2	5	2	3	3	-25
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	19	2/1/2005	DAL	vs	MIA	39	7	4	1	3	8	15	53.3	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	58.2	0	7	1	3	+1
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	19	10/28/2003	DAL	@	LAL	33	13	1	1	1	5	17	29.4	0	6	0.0	9	12	75.0	42.6	3	10	3	2	-20
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	19	3/19/2002	DAL	vs	LAL	45	11	3	1	0	5	16	31.3	2	4	50.0	7	8	87.5	48.7	2	9	2	4	+24
24	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	19	2/3/2002	DAL	vs	LAL	42	15	1	3	1	6	17	35.3	0	5	0.0	7	10	70.0	44.4	2	13	1	3	-11
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	17	3/17/2002	DAL	@	LAL	44	10	4	1	1	6	16	37.5	4	7	57.1	1	2	50.0	50.4	1	9	2	5	-2