In the final seconds of Monday night's game at Staples Center between the Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks, Clippers head coach Doc Rivers called a timeout with his team ahead 121-112.
Rivers wasn't drawing up any plays, instead he grabbed the public address announcer's mic and urged the fans to show Dirk Nowitzki some love.
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Nowitzki has not announced whether this will be his final NBA season, but Doc didn't want to let the future Hall of Famer leave LA without a proper sendoff.
"That was just, we had a lead and I had a timeout," Rivers said, per ESPN. "Honestly, I didn't plan it. I just felt like he deserved that.
"You know what's funny, was it Miami? I thought we didn't give [Dwyane] Wade, like it was a close game and I think they won the game and Wade played like he should play five more years -- so I wasn't going to let that happen again. I just did it."
"It was sweet. I'm really appreciative," Nowitzki said, according to ESPN. "At first, I was like, 'Why is Doc calling a timeout? What's he doing with [9.4] seconds left? What's he up to?' Then he grabbed the mic. I didn't really understand much, but that was really humbling. That was an emotional moment."
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