January 8 1981 Adrian Dantley (Uta) had 40 points, the 3rd time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 2nd of 6 times Dantley had 40+ points against Dallas. 1997 Activated Fred Roberts and placed Samaki Walker on IR with a sprained left ankle. Roberts had missed 30 days (12 games) with a sprained left elbow. Walker was activated 40 days (17 games) later. 1999 The NBA and the Players Association finally reached an agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. It would be 12 more days before the deal was finalized and signed (thus officially ending the lockout). 2000 Signed Damon Jones to a 10-day contract. 2002 The NBA fined Mark Cuban $500,000 comments about the officiating after the Dal-SA game and comments about league head ref Ed Rush (the Dairy Queen comments). It was the largest fine the NBA had handed out to an individual (surpassing the record $250,000 give to Cuban on 1/4/01). 2002 Activated Shawn Bradley and placed Michael Finley on IR with a strained left hamstring. Bradley had missed 6 days (3 games) with a bone bruise in his right knee. [He did not have to sit out the mandatory 5 games as his active roster spot was not filled.] Finley was activated 21 days (11 games) later. Games Record: 8-4 (home: 4-2, road: 4-2) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1981 L @Utah 97-99 -2 LaGarde 24 Robinzine 12 Dantley 40 Adrian Dantley had 40 points, the 3rd time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 2nd of 6 times Dantley had 40+ points against Dallas. Game #45, current record: 6-39, streak: lost 1; final record: 15-67 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1983 L Boston 110-114 -4 Aguirre 32 Vincent 10 LB/RP 28 Game #33, current record: 13-20, streak: lost 2; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1985 W @Portland 108-102 +6 Aguirre 27 Perkins 8 Paxson 29 Game #34, current record: 18-16, streak: won 3; final record: 44-38 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1990 W Seattle 110-96 +14 Blackman 21 SP/DH 11 McDaniel 19 Game #32, current record: 17-15, streak: won 1; final record: 47-35 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1994 L @Chicago 81-100 -19 Jackson 25 Smith 9 Pippen 20 Game #31, current record: 2-29, streak: lost 6; final record: 13-69 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1997 W @Philadelphia 111-93 +18 McCloud 23 Finley 9 Iverson 22 Game #31, current record: 11-20, streak: won 1; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1998 L Sacramento 92-103 -11 Scott 23 Finley 10 Polynice 26 Game #34, current record: 6-28, streak: lost 1; final record: 20-62 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2000 W Atlanta 95-85 +10 Finley 28 Ceballos 14 Rider 24 Steve Nash did not play due to a sprained right ankle (the 17th of 22 games he would miss due to the injury). Gary Trent did not play due to a strained left groin (the 2nd of 6 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #33, current record: 10-23, streak: won 1; final record: 40-42 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 W @Chicago 104-91 +13 Finley 30 MF/DN 10 Brand 23 Don Nelson did not coach due to undergoing prostate cancer surgery (the 4th of 21 games he would miss due to the surgery). Game #36, current record: 23-13, streak: won 3; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2002 W Denver 95-94 +1 Nowitzki 27 Howard 9 Van_Exel 31 Shawn Bradley did not play due to a bruised right knee (the 4th of 6 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #34, current record: 23-11, streak: won 1; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2003 W @Atlanta 117-99 +18 Nowitzki 30 Nowitzki 14 Terry 27 Shawn Bradley did not play due to a strained right thigh (the only game he would miss due to the injury). Game #34, current record: 29-5, streak: won 4; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2005 W Indiana 121-101 +20 Nowitzki 34 Nowitzki 13 JO'Neal 32 Josh Howard played limited minutes in the Indiana game due to the flu. He would miss the next 3 games due to the illness. Marquis Daniels did not play due to a sore left ankle (the 4th of 14 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #32, current record: 22-10; streak: won 5; final record: 58-24