Kobe Bryant played in 49 games versus Dirk Nowitzki in his career.

Interpreted as:

How many times in the regular season did kobe play dirk?

	NAME	DATE	GP	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/17/1999	1	LAL	vs	DAL	31	23	9	4	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		7	8	87.5	62.1	1	8	3	2	+26
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/3/1999	1	LAL	vs	DAL	40	17	4	10	3	1	6	12	50.0	0	0		5	5	100.0	59.9	0	4	5	4	+16
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/27/1999	1	LAL	vs	DAL	42	25	9	4	3	0	10	22	45.5	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	52.6	2	7	3	3	+9
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/18/2000	1	LAL	@	DAL	43	16	14	6	2	1	7	20	35.0	1	5	20.0	1	1	100.0	39.1	8	6	6	3	-10
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/3/2000	1	LAL	vs	DAL	45	38	10	6	2	2	15	28	53.6	1	3	33.3	7	9	77.8	59.4	4	6	6	4	+1
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/22/2000	1	LAL	@	DAL	46	35	4	4	0	0	12	20	60.0	1	1	100.0	10	10	100.0	71.7	1	3	5	5	+6
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/20/2001	1	LAL	@	DAL	40	19	6	7	1	1	5	16	31.3	0	0		9	10	90.0	46.6	1	5	3	3	+4
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/5/2001	1	LAL	vs	DAL	42	19	9	5	3	0	9	23	39.1	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	39.8	2	7	4	1	+6
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/3/2002	1	LAL	@	DAL	40	24	10	6	2	1	11	25	44.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.4	2	8	2	5	+8
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3/17/2002	1	LAL	vs	DAL	41	14	9	11	1	0	5	14	35.7	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	45.7	0	9	1	1	+10
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3/19/2002	1	LAL	@	DAL	35	12	8	3	0	0	4	18	22.2	0	2	0.0	4	7	57.1	28.5	0	8	1	5	-19
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11/19/2002	1	LAL	@	DAL	33	16	5	3	3	0	7	21	33.3	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	35.1	1	4	5	2	-21
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/6/2002	1	LAL	vs	DAL	42	27	9	7	1	1	10	19	52.6	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	62.4	1	8	6	3	-2
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/3/2003	1	LAL	@	DAL	44	19	8	6	3	1	7	21	33.3	0	4	0.0	5	7	71.4	39.5	1	7	3	4	+17
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/8/2003	1	LAL	vs	DAL	40	14	8	4	2	0	4	16	25.0	1	4	25.0	5	7	71.4	36.7	0	8	3	4	+10
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/12/2003	1	LAL	vs	DAL	41	15	7	6	1	1	4	18	22.2	0	3	0.0	7	7	100.0	35.6	1	6	1	5	-19
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/5/2005	1	LAL	@	DAL	47	32	3	3	1	0	12	30	40.0	4	11	36.4	4	6	66.7	49.0	3	0	5	3	-12
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3/4/2005	1	LAL	vs	DAL	43	40	8	6	2	2	13	27	48.1	0	4	0.0	14	16	87.5	58.8	2	6	3	3	+11
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3/10/2005	1	LAL	@	DAL	44	36	9	3	1	2	14	22	63.6	0	0		8	10	80.0	68.2	1	8	3	3	+7
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/17/2005	1	LAL	vs	DAL	35	33	7	9	2	0	9	15	60.0	5	9	55.6	10	11	90.9	83.2	4	3	8	2	-2
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/12/2005	1	LAL	@	DAL	43	43	5	2	4	1	15	33	45.5	3	9	33.3	10	12	83.3	56.2	2	3	2	3	-1
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/20/2005	1	LAL	vs	DAL	33	62	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/7/2006	1	LAL	@	DAL	42	24	4	4	3	0	5	22	22.7	3	11	27.3	11	13	84.6	43.3	0	4	4	4	-4
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/13/2006	1	LAL	@	DAL	44	33	7	4	2	1	9	18	50.0	1	6	16.7	14	17	82.4	64.8	2	5	4	3	-5
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/7/2007	1	LAL	vs	DAL	41	26	8	6	1	1	9	20	45.0	0	2	0.0	8	9	88.9	54.3	0	8	3	3	+13
	Average		1.0				39.2	25.5	6.8	5.0	1.5	0.5	8.8	20.0	43.9	1.1	3.8	29.7	6.8	8.2	82.8	53.9	1.4	5.4	3.4	2.8	2.9
	Total		49				1,919	1,250	332	245	73	26	431	982	43.9	55	185	29.7	333	402	82.8	53.9	69	263	168	136	+141