January 27 1986 George Gervin (Chi) had 45 points, the 23rd time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 3rd of 3 times Gervin had 40+ points against Dallas. He had 35 points in the 1st half, setting the opponent record for points in a half. 1988 James Donaldson was named to All-Star team by commissioner David Stern as an injury replacement. 1989 Defeated San Antonio 126-82, 44 points is the largest home win margin and 2nd largest win margin in team history. 1989 Mark Aguirre scored his 10,000th point - the first Mav to reach 10,000 points 1990 Derek Harper became the first Mav with 1,000 steals. 1990 Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) had a 20-20 with 32 points and 20 rebounds. It was the 15th time a Mavs opponent had a 20-20 and the 4th of 5 times Olajuwon had a 20-20 against Dallas. It was the 23rd time a Mavs opponent had 20+ rebounds and the 4th of 5 times Olajuwon had 20+ rebounds against Dallas. 1992 Signed Tracy Moore to a 2nd 10-day contract. 1995 Placed Roy Tarpley on IR with tendinitis in his right knee. 1998 Dallas out-scored Cleveland 9-2 in overtime. 2 points set the opponent low for fewest points in an overtime. 1999 Signed Cedric Ceballos to a 1 year, $725,000 contract. 2000 The NBA announced the fines and suspensions from the 1/25/00 Dallas-Golden State game. Mark Davis (GS) was fined $7,500 and suspended for 1 game for picking up and throwing Shawn Bradley. Bradley was fined $3,000 for his involvement in the incident. Vonteego Cummings (GS) was fined $7,500 for his flagrant foul on Steve Nash. Gary Trent was fined $10,000 and suspended for 1 game for going into Golden State's locker room to verbally confront Cummings. Trent, who was on IR, served the suspension after he was activated. 2002 Don Nelson and his 4 bench assistants (Del Harris, Donn Nelson, Sidney Moncrief, Charlie Parker) were the selected as coaches for the West team for the All-Star game. Dallas had the 2nd best record at the cutoff date for selection of the All-Star coaches. Sacramento had the best record, but Rick Adelman coached the previous All-Star game and coaches can not coach All-Star games in consecutive years. It was first time the Mavs' coach would coach the All-Star game. 2004 Josh Howard was selected to participate in the Rookie Challenge game (rookies vs sophomores) during All-Star weekend. 2004 Dirk Nowitzki had 43 points, the 46th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 6th of 17 times Nowitzki had 40+ points with Dallas. 2005 Josh Howard was selected to play for the Sophomore team and Devin Harris was selected to play for the Rookie team in the annual Sophomore-Rookie game to take place during All-Star Weekend. 2008 Devin Harris left the Denver game during the 4th quarter with a sprained left ankle. He would miss the next 10 games due to the injury (and was traded while injured). Games Record: 8-7 (home: 5-5, road: 3-2) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1981 L New Jersey 100-112 -12 LaGarde 22 Robinzine 10 Robinson 28 Abdul Jeelani did not play due to a sprained right ankle. Game #53, current record: 8-45, streak: lost 5; final record: 15-67 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1982 L Philadelphia 86-99 -13 Vincent 29 Nimphius 12 Toney 22 Game #42, current record: 13-29, streak: lost 1; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1986 W Chicago 124-116 +8 Blackman 33 Perkins 8 Gervin 45 George Gervin had 45 points, the 23rd time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 3rd of 3 times Gervin had 40+ points against Dallas. He had 35 points in the 1st half, setting the opponent record for points in a half. Game #42, current record: 21-21, streak: won 2; final record: 44-38 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1987 L Washington 113-118 -5 MA/RB 22 Donaldson 13 MM/JM 23 Game #41, current record: 26-15, streak: lost 1; final record: 55-27 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1988 W @Phoenix 121-102 +19 Aguirre 28 Donaldson 14 Johnson 24 Game #38, current record: 27-11, streak: won 6; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1989 W San Antonio 126-82 +44 Aguirre 35 Aguirre 10 FB/CN 16 44 points is the largest home win margin and 2nd largest win margin in team history. Mark Aguirre scored his 10,000th point - the first Mav to reach 10,000 points Game #39, current record: 21-18, streak: won 2; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1990 W @Houston 99-92 +7 Harper 21 Donaldson 13 Olajuwon 32 Hakeem Olajuwon had a 20-20 with 32 points and 20 rebounds. It was the 15th time a Mavs opponent had a 20-20 and the 4th of 5 times Olajuwon had a 20-20 against Dallas. It was the 23rd time a Mavs opponent had 20+ rebounds and the 4th of 5 times Olajuwon had 20+ rebounds against Dallas. Game #42, current record: 22-20, streak: won 5; final record: 47-35 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1994 L @Washington 95-98 -3 Jackson 21 Jackson 8 Gugliott 23 Game #41, current record: 2-39, streak: lost 16; final record: 13-69 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1995 L Minnesota 94-102 -8 Jackson 24 Mashburn 10 Laettner 21 Game #39, current record: 16-23, streak: lost 6; final record: 36-46 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1996 L Portland 103-112 -9 Jackson 23 Popeye 11 CRobinso 29 Game #40, current record: 13-27, streak: lost 2; final record: 26-56 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1998 W Cleveland(OT) 84-77 +7 Finley 39 Finley 10 Kemp 22 Dallas out-scored Cleveland 9-2 in overtime. 2 points set the opponent low for fewest points in an overtime. Game #42, current record: 8-34, streak: won 1; final record: 20-62 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2000 W LA Clippers 99-90 +9 Nowitzki 24 Bradley 10 Anderson 35 Game #42, current record: 16-26, streak: won 3; final record: 40-42 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 L @Denver 100-102 -2 Finley 32 Nowitzki 14 NVE/KW 18 Don Nelson did not coach due to undergoing prostate cancer surgery (the 14th of 21 games he would miss due to the surgery). Game #46, current record: 28-18, streak: lost 1; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2004 W @Seattle 118-116 +2 Nowitzki 43 JH/AW 8 RLewis 30 Dirk Nowitzki had 43 points, the 46th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 6th of 17 times Nowitzki had 40+ points with Dallas. Tony Delk did not play due to a sprained left ankle (the 8th of 19 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #45, current record: 29-16, streak: won 9; final record: 52-30 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2007 W Sacramento 106-104 +2 DNowitzki 32 DNowitzki 11 RArtest 25 Game #45, current record: 36-9; streak: won 1; final record: 67-15 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2008 W Denver 90-85 +5 DNowitzki 32 DN/DD 11 AIverson 23 Game #43, current record: 30-13; streak: won 3; final record: 51-31