WATCH: Doc Rivers Calls Timeout Just To Honor Dirk Nowitzki

Dirk Nowitzki’s farewell tour has been a heck of a lot of fun, but things were ticked up a notch Monday night. Near the end of the Dallas Mavericks’ 121-112 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, Doc Rivers called timeout and grabbed the mic. Then the following happened:

? @DocRivers calls timeout so the crowd can show @swish41 love! #ThisIsWhyWePlay pic.twitter.com/VYK5bC3o6P
— NBA (@NBA) February 26, 2019

That’s an insanely classy move by Rivers to make sure Dirk got a proper ovation from the crowd.