<STRONG>DALLAS (January 3, 2006) - </STRONG>The NBA announced today that Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Month for December. Nowitzki was Western Conference Player of the Month twice last season (December and February) and was a co-winner along with former teammates Michael Finley and Steve Nash in November of 2002. No other Maverick in team history has been named Player of the Month more than once.<BR><BR>
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<TD align=middle><IMG src=\"http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/dirk_nowitzki.jpg\"> <B>Dirk Nowitzki</B></TD></TR></TABLE>While helping guide Dallas to a 12-4 mark in December, Nowitzki averaged 27.2 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.00 blocks in 38.1 minutes per game. He shot 47.2% from the floor and an impressive 91.2% from the foul line. In fact, Nowitzki has made 49 consecutive free throws heading into tonight’s game, which is tied for the franchise record. At Seattle on December 23, he shot 15-of-15 from the line, setting the team’s single game record for most free throws made without a miss.<BR><BR>During the course of December, Nowitzki scored 20 or more points in 13 of the Mavericks 16 games and topped 30 points seven times. He scored a season-high 37 points at Sacramento on December 22. Nowitzki also scored 10 or more points in the fourth quarter of six games in December, all of which resulted in wins for Dallas.<BR><BR>In three of the final six games of the month, Nowitzki led the team in points, rebounds and assists. He has accomplished that feat four times this season, trailing only Minnesota’s Kevin Garnett (five times) in that category.<BR><BR>The 12 wins by the Mavericks in December were the second most in any month in team history. Dallas has won 10 or more games in five straight months, the longest streak in team history. To put things into perspective, in the entire decade of the 90’s, the Mavericks had just one month in which they won 10 or more games while recording 27 months with 10 or more losses. <BR>
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