October 30 1980 Traded Richard Washington and Jerome Whitehead to Cleveland for Bill Robinzine, Atlanta's 1st round draft pick in 1983, and Cleveland's 1st round draft pick in 1986. 7 days after this trade, the NBA issued a directive prohibiting Cleveland (and new owner Ted Stepien) from making any more trades without league permission. Cleveland had traded 5 of their next 6 1st round draft picks, with 3 of them going to Dallas. Whitehead, who was the player Cleveland wanted, was actually released 11/17/80. 1981 Switch to green road uniforms after wearing blue road uniforms in 80-81. 1981 Start of the 1981-82 season. Dallas would finish the season with a record of 28-54. 1983 Jay Vincent suffered a torn muscle in his right calf and would miss the next 5 games due to the injury. 1987 Released Dennis Nutt. 1988 Finished the 1988 preseason with a record of 3-5. 1991 Released Jim Grandholm. 1994 Finished the 1994 preseason with a record of 3-4. 1996 Placed Samaki Walker (strained right quadirceps and Greg Dreiling (hip and back injury) on IR. Walker was activated 13 days (6 games) later and Dreiling was activated 23 days (10 games) later. 1997 Released Reggie Freeman. 1997 Placed Ace Custis (torn right ACL), Martin Muursepp (sprained right ankle), and Robert Pack (fractured right ring finger) on IR. Custis missed the entire season due to his injury. Muursepp was activated 25 days (12 games) later. Pack was activated 48 days (22 games) later. 2000 Placed Gary Trent (strained left adductor muscle), Etan Thomas (turf toe), and Donnell Harvey (bruised elbow) on IR. Trent was activated 48 days (25 games) later. Harvey was activated 38 days (20 games) later. Thomas remained on IR until he was traded 2/22/01. 2001 Start of the 2001-02 season. Dallas would finish the season with a record of 57-25. 2001 Played 1st regular season game in the American Airlines Center. 2001 Greg Buckner aggravated his sprained right ankle during the 1st quarter of the Detroit game and did not play the rest of the game. He would miss the next 6 games due to the injury. 2002 Start of the 2002-03 season. Dallas would finish the season with a record of 60-22. 2002 Don and Donn Nelson did not attend the Memphis game due to serving the 1st of a 2 game suspension. The 2 watched the game at a local Dave and Busters with about 1,500 fans at what the Mavs were calling "Serving time with the Nelsons" and the Nelsons were dressed in prison outfits. 2006 Placed Maurice Ager, J.J. Barea, and Pops Mensah-Bonsu Pops on IL (no injuries). Ager and Mensah-Bonsu was activated 2 days (no games) later. Barea was activated 4 days (1 games) later. 2006 DJ Mbenga suffered a left foot tendon strain during practice. He would be out until 12/4/06 due to the injury. 2007 Exercised the 08-09 option for Maurice Ager. 2007 Released DJ Mbenga. 2008 Placed Shawne Williams (no injury) and Devean George (bone chip left hand) on IL. Williams would be activated 10 days (5 games) later and George was activated 17 days (9 games) later. 2008 The NBA announced that the 2010 All-Star game would be held in Dallas. The All-Star game itself would be played at the new Cowboy stadium in Arlington. The events for All-Star Friday and Saturday would be held at the AAC. Fan Jam would be held at the Dallas Converntion Center. 2008 Start of the 2008-09 season. Dallas would finish the season with a record of 50-32. 2012 Start of the 2012-13 season. Dallas would finish the season with a record of 41-41. 2012 Placed Dirk Nowitzki (right knee surgery) and Chris Kaman (strained right calf) on IL. Nowitzki was activated 53 days (26 games) later. Kaman was activated 4 days (2 games) later. 2012 Elected not to exercise their 13-14 option for Dominique Jones. 2013 Start of the 2013-14 season. Dallas would finish the season with a record of 49-33. 2013 Placed Devin Harris (left foot surgery), Shane Larkin (fractured right ankle), and Brandan Wright (fractured left shoulder) on IL. Harris was activated 80 days (41 games) later. Larkin was activated 19 days (10 games) later. Wright was activated 54 days (23 games) later. 2013 Dirk Nowitzki surpassed 40,000 minutes played. 2013 Jose Calderon had his 500th career steal. Games Record: 8-6 (home: 5-3, road: 3-3) Regular season: 6-5 (home: 3-2, road: 3-3) Preseason: 2-1 (home: 2-1, road: 0-0) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1981 L @Utah 89-105 -16 Aguirre 19 Aguirre 11 Dantley 39 Game #1, current record: 0-1, streak: lost 1; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1982 L Utah 123-128 -5 Aguirre 30 PC/JV 7 Dantley 36 Game #2, current record: 1-1, streak: lost 1; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1983 L @San Antonio 101-123 -22 Ellis 16 KN/MA 8 Gervin 35 Jay Vincent suffered a torn muscle in his right calf and would miss the next 5 games due to the injury. Game #2, current record: 1-1, streak: lost 1; final record: 43-39 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1984 L @Houston 84-106 -22 Aguirre 24 Vincent 9 Lloyd 23 Game #3, current record: 1-2, streak: lost 1; final record: 44-38 Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1988 W Denver 110-97 +13 Tarpley 18 Donaldson 9 Lane 24 at Fort Worth Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1992 W LA Clippers 107-95 +12 Iuzzolino 22 Rooks 14 Manning 20 Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1994 L Indiana 86-99 -13 Jackson 21 TDavis 7 Miller 26 at Fort Worth Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 W Detroit 94-87 +7 Finley 34 Howard 10 Stackhou 27 Played 1st regular season game in the American Airlines Center. Adrian Griffin did not play due to back spasms (the 1st of 7 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #1, current record: 1-0, streak: won 1; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2002 W @Memphis 119-108 +11 Nash 24 Nowitzki 11 Giricek 29 Don and Donn Nelson did not coach due to serving a 2 game suspension. Game #1, current record: 1-0, streak: won 1; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2008 L Houston 102-112 -10 DNowitzki 36 JHoward 11 YaoM 30 Game #1, current record: 0-1; streak: lost 1; final record: 50-32 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2009 W @LA Lakers 94-80 +14 DNowitzki 21 DN/ED 10 KBryant 20 Dal shot 25-32 FT and LAL shot 9-14 FT. Game #2, current record: 1-1; streak: won 1; final record: 55-27 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2012 W @LA Lakers 99-91 +8 DCollison 17 EBrand 11 PGasol 23 The Lakers shot 12-31 FT. Game #1, current record: 1-0; streak: won 1; final record: 41-41 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2013 W Atlanta 118-109 +9 MEllis 32 Dalembert 9 JTeague 24 Dirk Nowitzki surpassed 40,000 minutes played. Jose Calderon had his 500th career steal. Game #1, current record: 1-0; streak: won 1; final record: 49-33 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2014 W Utah 120-102 +18 CP/DN 21 AAminu 10 DFavors 17 Dallas led 69-44 at the half. Dallas led the entire game. Dallas shot 55.3% (47-85) FG and Utah shot 43.4% (36-83) FG. Game #2, current record: 1-1; streak: won 1; final record: 50-32