GIF: Rubio busts Dirk open, Dirk jokes he'll get a flopping call
In the fourth quarter of Saturday night's game between the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio opened up a cut on Dirk Nowitzki's nose during a fairly harmless looking play.
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Mavs coach Rick Carlisle received a technical foul shortly after for arguing the no-call and the Mavericks would go on to lose the game.
After the contest, however, Nowitzki was willing to crack wise about the incident:
Dirk on his nose: "I don't think it's broke, but since it wasn't a foul I might get another flopping call from my boy Rod Thorn on Monday."
— Earl K. Sneed (@EarlKSneed) December 1, 2013
For context, Nowitzki received a flopping warning from the league earlier this week.
As for the status of the nose? It sounds like the big German will be just fine:
Dirk took a pretty obvious shot to the nose and it was visible after the game. Surprised it didn't require stitches.
— Earl K. Sneed (@EarlKSneed) December 1, 2013