On a night when Stephen Curry passed Ray Allen for all-time 3-point makes in the NBA Playoffs, Kevin Durant passed Dirk Nowitzki in a separate category.

Saturday in Game 1 of the Western Conference quarterfinal series between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers, Durant's Warriors won, 121-104. Durant combined a team win with a personal milestone: He moved past Nowitzki on the NBA's all-time playoff scoring list, as the graphic below shows when clicked and expanded:

Dirk Nowitzki, like Dwyane Wade, received a massive outpouring of respect and affection from the NBA community this past season, a response which reached an emotional crescendo this past week as the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat reached the end of their respective seasons. With Steph passing Allen and now Kevin Durant moving past Dirk in separate NBA postseason record books, the symbolism of the Warriors continuing to play — while Dirk and D-Wade ride into the sunset — is potent and not lost on anyone.

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Kevin Durant climbing past Nowitzki and Steph rising above Jesus Shuttlesworth on the same night underscores the extent to which the Warriors have rewritten the record books and left an enduring imprint on the postseason story of professional basketball. The longevity of record-setting players is impossible to ignore, but the Warriors' quality is the much bigger statement than the longevity. They have been the NBA's dominant franchise for four and a half seasons, not 10.

Durant, like Steph, has a lot of unfinished business to tend to. Passing Dirk Nowitzki is both a significant achievement and yet a very small note within the larger journey the Warriors are trying to make in these playoffs.