NBA: Dirk about MSG:”I’ll miss playing here.”

With the Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki won on Wednesday night at the New York Knicks with 110:97. The German then spoke to ESPN reporter Tim MacMahon about the Madison Square Garden experience.

“I’ll miss playing here,”said Nowitzki, who has left it open whether he will play next season,”It’s always a special place to play. The atmosphere, the history of this place. It’s definitely a place I’m gonna miss. Hopefully I’ll come back here again, but we’ll see what happens.”

Since the Mavericks, as a team from the Western Conference, only play one home and one away match against teams from the Eastern Conference, this could have been Nowitzki’s last appearance in the world’s most famous basketball hall.

The 39-year-old finished 13 points in the Mavs’ victory, while his average score for the season was 12.4 points. Should Nowitzki continue to play for the Mavericks in the coming season, he would be the only NBA player in history to have completed 21 seasons on the same team. The Mavericks have a $5 million team option for next year.