December 4 1980 Agreed to trade the rights to holdout 1st round draft pick Kiki Vandeweghe to Denver if Denver could reach a contract agreement with Vandeweghe. The agreement would be reached and the trade finalized 12/10/80. 1989 Named Richie Adubato as head coach for the rest of the season. 1997 Fired head coach Jim Cleamons and assistants Butch Beard and Sonny Allen. Assistants Charlie Parker and Bob Salmi retained their jobs. Cleamons was named as coach 5/31/96. Cleamons finished with a regular season record of 28-70 (.286) (no playoffs) with Dallas. 1997 Named GM Don Nelson as head coach. Nelson would resign 3/19/05 as coach. Nelson would finished with a regular season record of 339-251 (.575) and a playoff record of 19-24 (.442) with Dallas. 1997 Named director of scouting Ron Ekker and injured player Kurt Thomas as assistant coaches. 2006 Activated DJ Mbenga and placed Maurice Ager on IL with a sprained right ankle. Mbenga was on IL for 32 days (16 games) with a strained left foot. Ager was activated 5 days (3 games) later. 2013 Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 20 rebounds, the 76th time a Mavs opponent had 20+ rebounds and 2nd of 2 times Aminu had 20+ rebounds against Dallas. 2014 Recalled Ricky Ledo from the NBADL. Ledo remained on IL. Games Record: 8-7 (home: 4-3, road: 4-4) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1982 L Washington 105-115 -10 Aguirre 30 Blackman 9 Ballard 25 Game #16, current record: 8-8, streak: lost 1; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1987 W Golden State 116-95 +21 Aguirre 28 Schrempf 14 Carroll 25 Game #13, current record: 8-5, streak: won 1; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1990 L @Sacramento 83-103 -20 Harper 20 Donaldson 13 Carr 31 Game #14, current record: 6-8, streak: lost 2; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1996 L @Miami 79-101 -22 Gatling 16 Miller 9 Hardaway 33 Miami shot 15-35 3-pointers Game #16, current record: 5-11, streak: lost 1; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1997 W New York 105-91 +14 Finley 27 Green 11 Ewing 20 Shawn Bradley did not play due to a torn left calf muscle (the 3rd of 14 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #17, current record: 5-12, streak: won 1; final record: 20-62 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1999 W @Minnesota 103-84 +19 Finley 32 Ceballos 12 Garnett 20 Steve Nash did not play due to a sprained right ankle (the 2nd of 22 games he would miss due to the injury). Gary Trent did not play due to a slightly torn left hamstring (the 18th of 22 games he would miss due to the injury). Robert Pack did not play due to a strained right groin (the 7th of 8 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #18, current record: 7-11, streak: won 2; final record: 40-42 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2002 W @Portland 103-88 +15 Nowitzki 26 Nowitzki 15 Wallace 34 Game #18, current record: 17-1, streak: won 3; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2003 L LA Lakers 103-114 -11 Nash 30 Howard 14 KBryant 32 Dirk Nowitzki did not play due to a sprained right ankle (the 4th of 5 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #19, current record: 12-7, streak: lost 1; final record: 52-30 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2004 W Utah 109-86 +23 Nowitzki 30 Howard 10 Harpring 22 Game #18, current record: 12-6; streak: won 2; final record: 58-24 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 L @Washington 97-106 -9 DNowitzki 27 DN/ED 9 GArenas 38 Game #17, current record: 12-5; streak: lost 1; final record: 67-15 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2008 W Phoenix 112-97 +15 DNowitzki 39 EDampier 14 Stoudemir 28 Dal led 64-46 at halftime and led the entire game. Antoine Wright did not play, the 2nd of 3 games he would miss due to a strained left groin. Game #18, current record: 10-8; streak: won 3; final record: 50-32 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2009 L @Memphis 82-98 -16 JTerry 18 SMarion 11 OMayo 25 Memphis went on a 17-0 run in the 2nd quarter. Game #20, current record: 14-6; streak: lost 1; final record: 55-27 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2010 W @Sacramento 105-103 +2 DNowitzki 25 SMarion 8 TEvans 25 Dallas went on a 15-4 run to end the game. Game #20, current record: 16-4; streak: won 9; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2013 W @New Orleans 100-97 +3 DNowitzki 21 DN/SD 7 JHoliday 26 Dallas won despite being out-rebounded 38-58 including 8-18 offensive. The largest lead in the game was 8 points. Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 20 rebounds, the 76th time a Mavs opponent had 20+ rebounds and 2nd of 2 times Aminu had 20+ rebounds against Dallas. Game #20, current record: 12-8; streak: won 2; final record: 49-33 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2015 L Houston 96-100 -4 DWilliams 22 ZPachulia 11 JHarden 25 Game #20, current record: 11-9; streak: lost 1; final record: 42-40