February 13 1985 Mark Aguirre had 40 points, the 15th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 12th of 22 times Aguirre had 40+ points with Dallas. 1985 Isiah Thomas (Det) had 25 assists, the most by an opponent in team history and the 2nd time a Mavs opponent had 20+ assists. 1989 Signed Anthony Jones for the rest of the season. 1989 Kurt Nimphius ties a then team record 7 blocks at Detroit. 1992 Signed Brian Howard to a 2nd 10-day contract. 1996 Signed David Wood to a 2nd 10-day contract. 1996 Clyde Drexler (Hou) had a triple-double with 21 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists. It was the 30th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double and the 3rd of 3 times Drexler had a triple-double against Dallas. 1998 Indiana out-scored Dallas 34-24 in the 1st half. 24 points tied the team record for fewest points in a half. Dallas would go on to win the game 85-82 in 2 overtimes. 2000 Michael Finley had 11 points on 5-6 FG in 10 minutes in the All-Star game as the West defeated the East 137-126. 2004 Josh Howard (playing for the Rookie team) had 13 points including 6-10 FG and 4 assists in the Rookie-Sophomore game. The Sophomores blew the Rookies out 142-118. 2006 Activated Devin Harris and placed Josh Powell on IL. Harris had missed 3 days (1 game) with a strained right shoulder. Powell was activated 12 days (4 games) later. 2006 Desagana Diop suffered a cut below his left eye during the 3rd quarter vs New York and received 5 stitches. He was able to return later in the game. 2007 Devean George suffered a sprained right MCL during the Milwaukee game. He would miss the next 7 games due to the injury. 2008 Dallas and New Jersey reached a trade agreement involving Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, DeSagana Diop, Devean George, and Maurice Ager plus picks and cash for Jason Kidd and Malik Allen, but the trade fell through as George exercised his option to refuse the trade (as a veteran on a 1 year contract). The non-injured Dallas players did play in Wednesday's game, but New Jersey did not play Jason Kidd in their game as they thought the trade was going to occur. A different version of the trade would be completed 2/19/08 of Devin Harris, DeSagana Diop, Trenton Hassell, Maurice Ager, Nick Van Horn, 1st round draft picks, and cash for Jason Kidd, Malik Allen, and Antoine Wright. 2008 Activated Nick Fazekas and placed Jerry Stackhouse on IL with a strained right hamstring. Fazekas was recalled from the NBADL. Fazekas had been on IL for 91 days (44 games) (no injury). Stackhouse would be activated 9 days (3 games) later. 2010 Traded Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, Quinton Ross, and James Singleton to Washington for Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood, DeShawn Stevenson, and cash. 2010 Dirk Nowitzki hit the halfcourt shot to complete Team Texas' shooting contest at 34.3 seconds in the finals of the Shooting Stars competition to defeat Team Los Angeles, who had a time of 55.2 seconds. In the first round, Team LA had a time of 1:00, Team Texas had a time of 1:28, team Sacramento had a time of 1:46 and Team Atlanta had a time of 1:47 - the top 2 teams advanced to the finals. Team Texas consisted of Nowitzki, Kenny Smith, and Becky Hammon. 2012 Caron Butler (then with LAC) received his 2011 Championship Ring. 2013 Vince Carter passed Larry Bird (21,791) for 29th place on the NBA all-time scoring list. Games Record: 8-7 (home: 5-2, road: 3-5) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1985 L @Detroit 119-124 -5 Aguirre 40 Vincent 17 Tyler 25 Mark Aguirre had 40 points, the 15th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 12th of 22 times Aguirre had 40+ points with Dallas. Isiah Thomas had 25 assists, the most by an opponent in team history and the 2nd time a Mavs opponent had 20+ assists. Game #52, current record: 28-24, streak: lost 1; final record: 44-38 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1990 W San Antonio 103-96 +7 Harper 22 Tarpley 17 Cummings 22 Game #49, current record: 27-22, streak: won 3; final record: 47-35 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1991 L @Cleveland 93-95 -2 Blackman 28 Donaldson 12 Daughert 23 Game #46, current record: 17-29, streak: lost 2; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1993 L Philadelphia 96-119 -23 White 20 Rooks 10 Hornacek 20 Game #47, current record: 4-43, streak: lost 5; final record: 11-71 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1996 L @Houston 106-121 -15 McCloud 23 Popeye 12 Cassell 31 Clyde Drexler had a triple-double with 21 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists. It was the 30th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double and the 3rd of 3 times Drexler had a triple-double against Dallas. Game #47, current record: 16-31, streak: lost 1; final record: 26-56 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1997 L Golden State 99-107 -8 Gatling 19 Gatling 13 Sprewell 28 Game #46, current record: 16-30, streak: lost 2; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1998 W @Indiana(2OT) 85-82 +3 Finley 32 Bradley 13 Smits 12 Indiana out-scored Dallas 34-24 in the 1st half. 24 points tied the team record for fewest points in a half. Game #50, current record: 10-40, streak: won 1; final record: 20-62 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 L @San Antonio 92-104 -12 Nowitzki 30 Nowitzki 10 Duncan 28 Steve Nash did not play due to a sore left hamstring (the 4th of 4 games he would miss due to the injury). Don Nelson did not coach due to undergoing prostate cancer surgery (the 19th of 21 games he would miss due to the surgery). Game #51, current record: 31-20, streak: lost 2; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2002 L @Portland 103-114 -11 Nowitzki 27 Nowitzki 8 Wallace 24 Game #51, current record: 36-15, streak: lost 1; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2005 W @Seattle 95-92 +3 Nowitzki 31 Dampier 14 RLewis 18 Marquis Daniels did not play due to an appendectomy (the 5th of 7 games he would miss due to the surgery). Jerry Stackhouse did not play due to a strained right groin (the 1st of 7 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #49, current record: 33-16; streak: won 2; final record: 58-24 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 W New York 100-72 +28 DNowitzki 21 EDampier 12 JRose 13 Stephon Marbury (NY) and Jamal Crawford (NY) did not play. Desagana Diop suffered a cut below his left eye during the 3rd quarter and received 5 stitches. He was able to return later in the game. 72 points tied the fewest points an opponent would score in a game against Dallas in 05-06. Game #51, current record: 40-11; streak: won 1; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2007 W @Milwaukee 99-93 +6 DNowitzki 38 DNowitzki 11 Patterson 20 Devean George suffered a sprained right MCL during the Milwaukee game. He would miss the next 7 games due to the injury. Game #52, current record: 43-9; streak: won 8; final record: 67-15 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2008 W Portland 96-76 +20 DNowitzki 37 DNowitzki 12 BRoy 25 Portland never led in the game. Josh Howard (lower back contusion) did not play (the 1st of 2 games he would miss). Game #52, current record: 35-17; streak: won 1; final record: 51-31 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2012 W LA Clippers 96-92 +4 DNowitzki 22 BHaywood 9 CButler 23 Game #29, current record: 18-11; streak: won 4; final record: 36-30 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2013 W Sacramento 123-100 +23 VCarter 26 SMarion 9 TEvans 23 Dallas out-scored Sacramento 29-17 in the 2nd quarter. It was Sacramento's 4th game in 5 nights. Vince Carter passed Larry Bird (21,791) for 29th place on the NBA all-time scoring list. Game #52, current record: 23-29; streak: won 1; final record: 41-41