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 (since surpassed). 1988 James Donaldson was named to All-Star team by commissioner David Stern as an injury replacement. 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 27 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). 2012 Activated Vince Carter and placed Dirk Nowitzki (sore right knee) on IL. Carter was on IL for 4 days (2 games) with a sprained left foot). Nowitzki was activated 2 days (1 game) later. 2012 Jason Kidd left 2 minutes into the Utah game with a strained right calf. He would miss the next 6 games due to the injury. 2013 Shawn Marion played in his 1,000 career game. 2013 Dirk Nowitzki passed Allen Iverson (24,368) for 18th place on the NBA all-time scoring list. 2016 Dwight Powell was selected to participate in the Rookie-Sophomore game to take place February 12 in Toronto. 2016 Klay Thompson (GS) had 45 points, the 89th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 1st of 2 times Thompson had 40+ points against Dallas. Games Record: 11-9 (home: 8-6, road: 3-3) 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 (since surpassed). 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 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 27 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 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2011 W Houston 111-106 +5 TChandler 21 TChandler 15 LScola 30 Dallas led the entire game. Game #45, current record: 30-15; streak: won 3; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2012 W Utah 116-101 +15 RBeaubois 22 BHaywood 12 PMillsap 20 Dallas opened the 4th quarter with an 11-4 run and led in double digits the rest of the game. Jason Kidd left 2 minutes into the game with a strained right calf. He would miss the next 6 games due to the injury. Delonte West (strained right hamstring) did not play. It was the only game he missed due to the injury. Game #20, current record: 12-8; streak: won 1; final record: 36-30 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2013 W Phoenix 110-95 +15 SM/DN 18 SMarion 9 GDragic 18 Ref Leroy Richardson was injured during the 1st quarter and the rest of the game was played with just 2 refs. Shawn Marion played in his 1,000 career game. Dirk Nowitzki passed Allen Iverson (24,368) for 18th place on the NBA all-time scoring list. Game #44, current record: 19-25; streak: won 1; final record: 41-41 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2015 L Memphis 90-109 -19 CP/ME 19 RRondo 7 ZRandolph 22 Memphis shot 15-20 FT and Dallas shot 7-10 FT. Game #46, current record: 30-16; streak: lost 3; final record: 50-32 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2016 L @Golden State 107-127 -20 CParsons 23 CParsons 7 KThompson 45 Golden State led the entire game. Klay Thompson (GS) had 45 points on 14-20 FG, 7-12 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT. It was the 89th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 1st of 2 times Thompson had 40+ points against Dallas. Dirk Nowitzki (rest) did not play [2nd night of a back-to-back]. Game #48, current record: 26-22; streak: lost 1; final record: 42-40