Dirk Nowitzki put up his most points in a game versus the Bucks on December 30, 2002, with 40 points.

Interpreted as:

Dirk Nowitzki most points in a regular-season game vs bucks

	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	40	12/30/2002	DAL	vs	MIL	47	14	5	2	1	12	25	48.0	2	6	33.3	14	16	87.5	62.4	4	10	2	1	-3
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	39	1/2/2005	DAL	vs	MIL	46	5	6	1	2	14	25	56.0	4	7	57.1	7	9	77.8	67.3	1	4	4	1	+26
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	38	2/13/2007	DAL	@	MIL	43	11	8	2	0	15	28	53.6	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	62.0	3	8	2	3	+12
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	35	1/16/2006	DAL	vs	MIL	38	4	4	1	2	14	21	66.7	2	2	100.0	5	6	83.3	74.0	0	4	3	2	+21
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32	11/16/2009	DAL	@	MIL	43	11	3	2	1	12	25	48.0	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	56.1	0	11	0	2	+13
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30	12/13/2010	DAL	vs	MIL	39	7	3	1	2	12	24	50.0	3	6	50.0	3	3	100.0	59.2	0	7	3	4	-4
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30	1/21/2009	DAL	@	MIL	36	5	1	1	0	7	16	43.8	0	0		16	17	94.1	63.9	0	5	0	0	-19
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	29	2/6/2008	DAL	vs	MIL	42	10	12	0	1	9	17	52.9	1	1	100.0	10	12	83.3	65.1	3	7	2	2	+19
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	29	3/11/2005	DAL	@	MIL	40	9	4	0	0	10	21	47.6	3	4	75.0	6	7	85.7	60.2	0	9	0	1	-5
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	28	1/26/2010	DAL	vs	MIL	35	8	5	0	1	11	25	44.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	50.7	2	6	2	2	+3
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	27	2/12/2003	DAL	@	MIL	36	12	3	2	1	13	23	56.5	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	56.5	0	12	2	4	+5
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	23	1/2/2004	DAL	@	MIL	43	14	5	1	2	9	17	52.9	2	5	40.0	3	3	100.0	62.8	2	12	2	4	+1
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	23	1/11/2001	DAL	@	MIL	39	11	3	0	0	8	19	42.1	2	4	50.0	5	5	100.0	54.2	2	9	3	4	-11
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	21	12/7/2014	DAL	vs	MIL	26	4	0	1	0	8	12	66.7	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	76.3	1	3	1	1	+6
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	21	2/26/2013	DAL	vs	MIL	35	20	3	2	0	8	16	50.0	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	59.1	3	17	3	1	-8
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	20	1/8/2016	DAL	@	MIL	36	9	0	1	1	6	17	35.3	4	10	40.0	4	4	100.0	53.3	2	7	2	3	+15
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	20	11/24/2007	DAL	@	MIL	34	3	3	0	1	7	14	50.0	2	4	50.0	4	6	66.7	60.1	0	3	1	3	-1
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	20	12/30/2003	DAL	vs	MIL	35	11	1	0	0	8	19	42.1	2	5	40.0	2	3	66.7	49.2	1	10	1	2	+8
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	19	3/12/2013	DAL	@	MIL	31	11	3	1	1	7	13	53.8	1	5	20.0	4	5	80.0	62.5	0	11	1	0	0
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	18	11/29/2005	DAL	@	MIL	46	12	2	1	2	5	22	22.7	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	35.9	0	12	3	2	+5
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	18	2/15/2000	DAL	vs	MIL	41	2	2	0	0	6	13	46.2	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	56.0	0	2	1	1	-13
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	17	4/2/2017	DAL	@	MIL	26	5	1	0	1	7	11	63.6	3	6	50.0	0	0		77.3	0	5	0	1	+1
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	17	3/28/2007	DAL	vs	MIL	16	5	1	0	1	6	10	60.0	2	3	66.7	3	3	100.0	75.1	1	4	0	0	-2
24	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	17	3/26/2002	DAL	@	MIL	49	14	4	1	2	7	18	38.9	1	7	14.3	2	2	100.0	45.0	3	11	3	3	+2
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	16	11/9/2013	DAL	@	MIL	32	6	0	1	0	5	15	33.3	0	5	0.0	6	6	100.0	45.4	0	6	1	1	+7