Dirk Nowitzki had a 20-16 record against the Cavaliers in his career.

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Dirk Nowitzki record vs cavs in his career

	NAME	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	11/30/1999	0-1	DAL	@	CLE	.000	42	20	8	5	0	1	6	17	35.3	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	50.9	3	5	5	4	-4
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/23/2000	0-1	DAL	vs	CLE	.000	22	17	5	0	0	0	6	13	46.2	2	4	50.0	3	3	100.0	59.4	2	3	1	3	-8
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	12/12/2000	0-1	DAL	@	CLE	.000	39	12	4	1	0	3	5	16	31.3	2	8	25.0	0	0		37.5	0	4	0	4	-8
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2/15/2001	1-0	DAL	vs	CLE	1.000	36	17	15	2	1	3	8	17	47.1	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	47.5	4	11	3	3	+28
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	11/14/2001	1-0	DAL	@	CLE	1.000	32	28	6	3	1	0	11	16	68.8	3	5	60.0	3	5	60.0	76.9	0	6	1	2	+24
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	12/13/2001	1-0	DAL	vs	CLE	1.000	32	15	9	1	0	0	6	15	40.0	1	3	33.3	2	4	50.0	44.7	3	6	0	2	+17
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	11/13/2002	1-0	DAL	@	CLE	1.000	42	17	12	1	1	2	3	11	27.3	0	3	0.0	11	11	100.0	53.7	1	11	4	3	-1
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/18/2003	1-0	DAL	vs	CLE	1.000	32	28	8	4	3	2	8	14	57.1	2	4	50.0	10	12	83.3	72.6	1	7	2	2	+24
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2/18/2004	1-0	DAL	@	CLE	1.000	39	18	10	4	2	1	5	15	33.3	0	3	0.0	8	8	100.0	48.6	2	8	0	1	+15
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/30/2004	1-0	DAL	vs	CLE	1.000	42	35	18	4	1	1	14	23	60.9	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	68.3	2	16	1	3	+19
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/26/2005	1-0	DAL	vs	CLE	1.000	31	11	14	2	0	5	3	12	25.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	37.6	0	14	3	3	+29
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	4/3/2005	0-1	DAL	@	CLE	.000	40	21	7	3	0	2	8	19	42.1	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	52.8	1	6	2	2	-22
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/14/2006	1-0	DAL	vs	CLE	1.000	45	30	13	6	0	2	12	28	42.9	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	49.7	1	12	1	0	+8
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/29/2006	0-1	DAL	@	CLE	.000	39	29	5	3	2	0	9	18	50.0	2	4	50.0	9	12	75.0	62.3	1	4	2	2	-5
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/1/2007	1-0	DAL	vs	CLE	1.000	39	24	11	7	0	0	9	19	47.4	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	55.5	2	9	2	3	+3
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/21/2007	1-0	DAL	@	CLE	1.000	44	23	9	6	1	1	9	24	37.5	2	7	28.6	3	3	100.0	45.4	0	9	4	3	+2
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	10/31/2007	1-0	DAL	@	CLE	1.000	37	15	8	6	0	2	6	15	40.0	0	2	0.0	3	5	60.0	43.6	1	7	2	3	+20
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	12/27/2007	0-1	DAL	vs	CLE	.000	40	19	20	1	0	1	6	17	35.3	0	2	0.0	7	8	87.5	46.3	4	16	1	1	-4
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	11/3/2008	0-1	DAL	vs	CLE	.000	32	8	6	2	1	0	3	11	27.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	33.7	0	6	2	1	-6
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/29/2009	0-1	DAL	@	CLE	.000	37	20	7	4	0	2	7	23	30.4	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	39.7	0	7	1	2	-21
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	11/28/2009	0-1	DAL	@	CLE	.000	42	27	9	2	1	1	10	19	52.6	0	0		7	9	77.8	58.8	2	7	2	3	-12
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2/7/2011	1-0	DAL	vs	CLE	1.000	31	12	6	1	0	0	5	11	45.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.5	1	5	5	3	-10
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2/4/2012	0-1	DAL	@	CLE	.000	35	24	8	3	0	2	9	15	60.0	2	2	100.0	4	5	80.0	69.8	1	7	5	1	-3
24	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/15/2013	1-0	DAL	vs	CLE	1.000	33	13	11	4	2	1	6	17	35.3	1	3	33.3	0	0		38.2	2	9	2	1	+6
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1/20/2014	1-0	DAL	@	CLE	1.000	35	17	10	1	0	0	8	20	40.0	0	5	0.0	1	2	50.0	40.7	1	9	0	2	+20
	Average						.556	33.6	18.0	8.5	2.6	0.6	1.1	6.7	15.2	43.9	1.2	3.2	36.8	3.5	4.1	85.1	52.9	1.1	7.4	1.8	2.1	3.0
	Total		20-16				.556	1,209	648	306	94	21	41	240	547	43.9	42	114	36.8	126	148	85.1	52.9	40	266	63	76	+108