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. 1996 Miami shot 15-35 3-pointers, setting the opponent record for most 3-pointers attempted. 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. Games Record: 7-6 (home: 4-2, road: 3-4) 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, setting the opponent record for most 3-pointers attempted. 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