Dirk Nowitzki recently became the sixth-best scorer in NBA history, passing Shaquille O'Neal right before Christmas. He didn't score 28,000-plus points with his incredible leaping ability, though, and now that he's 37 ... well, here's what happens.

It was called a goaltend and so the missed dunk didn't matter, but you KNOW he'll be hearing about it in the locker room after the game. Dirk had a reasonable explanation for it all.

Yooo. That rim was 12 feet high... https://t.co/fr2SBPXvTl — Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) January 6, 2016

It's alright. The jump shot still works juuuuust fine.