January 22 1989 Signed Anthony Jones to a 10-day contract. 1990 Released Kelvin Upshaw. 1990 The NBA activated Roy Tarpley from the suspended list. 1992 Derek Harper scored his 10,000th point. 1992 Derek Harper had 16 assists, the 18th time a Mavs player had 15+ assists and the 10th of 10 times Harper had 15+ assists with Dallas. 1994 Dennis Rodman (SA) had 32 rebounds, the most by an opponent in team history, the 2nd time a Mavs opponent had 30+ rebounds, and the 4th of 9 times Rodman had 20+ rebounds against Dallas. 1993 Named Brad Davis and Clifford Ray as assistant coaches. Reassigned assistant coach Bob Zuffelato to the scouting staff. 1998 Robert Pack suffered a torn ligament in his right thumb during practice. He missed the rest of the season due to the injury. 2000 Gary Trent re-aggravated his strained left groin in the 1st quarter of New Jersey game when he was fouled on a break (no call) and only played 9 minutes in the game. He would miss the rest of the season due to his injury. 2008 The NBA named Dirk Nowitzki as the winner of the Community Assist Award for December. Games Record: 6-3 (home: 4-1, road: 2-2) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1983 W Utah 126-88 +38 Vincent 21 Garnett 18 Eaves 18 Game #40, current record: 18-22, streak: won 3; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1986 L LA Clippers 118-131 -13 Harper 26 Donaldson 13 Johnson 22 Game #39, current record: 19-20, streak: lost 2; final record: 44-38 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1988 W LA Clippers 110-87 +23 Aguirre 19 Tarpley 19 Woodson 22 Game #35, current record: 24-11, streak: won 3; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1992 W Milwaukee 118-116 +2 Smith 26 Smith 9 Ellis 23 Derek Harper had 16 assists, the 18th time a Mavs player had 15+ assists and the 10th of 10 times Harper had 15+ assists with Dallas. Game #39, current record: 13-26, streak: won 1; final record: 22-60 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1994 L @San Antonio 83-103 -20 Legler 13 Jones 8 Robinson 23 Dennis Rodman had 32 rebounds, the most by an opponent in team history, the 2nd time a Mavs opponent had 30+ rebounds, and the 4th of 9 times Rodman had 20+ rebounds against Dallas. Game #38, current record: 2-36, streak: lost 13; final record: 13-69 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2000 L @New Jersey 95-98 -3 Ceballos 36 Bradley 11 Gill 23 Gary Trent re-aggravated his strained left groin in the 1st quarter when he was fouled on a break (no call) and only played 9 minutes in the game. He would miss the rest of the season due to his injury. Game #39, current record: 13-26, streak: lost 1; final record: 40-42 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2002 W @Houston 113-107 +6 Nash 31 Howard 13 Mobley 35 Greg Buckner did not play due to a strained left calf (the 1st of 8 games he would miss due to the injury). Don Nelson did not coach due to his wife's surgery (the 2nd of 2 games he would miss due to the surgery). Game #42, current record: 30-12, streak: won 5; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2004 W LA Lakers 106-87 +19 Finley 31 AW/DN/AJ 9 DGeorge 24 Tony Delk did not play due to a sprained left ankle (the 5th of 19 games he would miss due to the injury). Danny Fortson did not play due to a tooth infection. (the 1st of 3 games he would miss due to the injury). Marquis Daniels did not play due to the flu (the 2nd of 3 games he would miss due to the illness). Game #42, current record: 26-16, streak: won 6; final record: 52-30 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 W @Portland(OT) 95-89 +6 Stackhous 29 EDampier 10 Randolph 23 Keith Van Horn did not play due to a sprained left ankle (the 3rd of 3 games he would miss due to the injury). Steve Blake (Por) hit a 3-pointer with 3 seconds left to tie the game and send it into overtime. Dallas out-scored Portland 16-10 in overtime. Game #41, current record: 31-10; streak: won 5; final record: 60-22