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Preston Hollow neighbor and Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki made history Monday night by becoming the No. 6 scorer in NBA history.

Nowitzki, 40, made a 20-foot shot just minutes into the Mavericks’ 129-125 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans that made his number of career points tick to 31,420. Nowitzki surpassed Wilt Chamberlain’s total of 31,419 points.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds the title of NBA’s highest scorer with 38,387 points over his career with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Michael Jordan finish out the list of top five.

Nowitzki, who was born in Germany, has played for the Mavericks since 1998. He owns a home in Preston Hollow on Strait Lane that is 9,843-square-feet on a lot that is 87,033-square-feet in size.