February 7 1980 Rick Sund was named as Director of Personnel for the not yet approved expansion team. 1981 Traded Geoff Huston and a 3rd round draft pick in 1983 to Cleveland for Chad Kinch and a 1st round draft pick in 1985. 1984 Mark Aguirre had 42 points, the 10th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 8th of 22 times Aguirre had 40+ points with Dallas. 1997 Named Don Nelson as GM. 1997 Released Oliver Miller. Miller had appeared in 42 games with Dallas. 1998 Hubert Davis finished 2nd in the 3-point Shootout for All-Star Weekend. Davis scored 15 points in the 1st round to advance to the semi-finals and scored a very impressive 24 points in the 2nd round to advance to the finals - the 24 points tied the 2nd highest total in the contest's history. He only scored 10 points in the finals as Jeff Hornacek (Uta) defeated Davis by scoring 16 points. 2000 The NBA named Michael Finley Player of the Week for the week ending February 6. Finley averaged 26.5 points, 8 rebounds, and 6.3 assists as Dallas went 3-1. 2004 Dirk Nowitzki had 40 points, the 46th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 7th of 12 times Nowitzki had 40+ points with Dallas. 2007 Activated DJ Mbenga and placed Erick Dampier on IL with a sore right knee. Mbenga was on IL for 4 days (1 game) (no injury). Dampier was activated 2 days (1 game) later. 2007 DJ MBenga suffered a sprained right knee during the 4th quarter of the Memphis game and did not return. An MRI would later reveal it was a torn MCL and he would miss the rest of the season due to the injury. Games Record: 5-4 (home: 4-1, road: 1-4) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1984 L @Portland 85-101 -16 Aguirre 42 RB/MW 6 Carr 23 Mark Aguirre had 42 points, the 10th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 8th of 22 times Aguirre had 40+ points with Dallas. Game #49, current record: 25-24, streak: lost 5; final record: 43-39 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1989 L @Portland 125-134 -9 Blackman 37 SP/JD 10 Kersey 33 Game #44, current record: 23-21, streak: lost 1; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1991 W Golden State 102-101 +1 Harper 20 Donaldson 15 Richmond 34 Game #44, current record: 17-27, streak: won 2; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1995 L Phoenix 113-114 -1 Mashburn 35 Williams 16 Barkley 28 Game #45, current record: 18-27, streak: lost 1; final record: 36-46 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1999 W @Golden State(2OT) 102-99 +3 Ceballos 26 Nowitzki 12 Cummings 23 Game #2, current record: 1-1, streak: won 1; final record: 19-31 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 L @New York(2OT) 93-96 -3 Finley 21 Laettner 8 Sprewell 20 Steve Nash did not play due to a sore left hamstring (the 3rd of 4 games he would miss due to the injury). Don Nelson did not coach due to undergoing prostate cancer surgery (the 18th of 21 games he would miss due to the surgery). Game #50, current record: 31-19, streak: lost 1; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2004 W Detroit 111-108 +3 Nowitzki 40 Nowitzki 8 CBillups 17 Dirk Nowitzki had 40 points, the 46th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 7th of 11 times Nowitzki had 40+ points with Dallas. Eduardo Najera did not play due to a sore left knee (the 22nd of 24 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #50, current record: 32-18, streak: won 3; final record: 52-30 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 W LA Lakers 102-87 +15 DNowitzki 26 DNowitzki 12 BCook 28 Chris Mihm (LAL) did not play. Dallas led 27-10 after the 1st quarter. Game #48, current record: 38-10; streak: won 12; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2007 W Memphis 113-97 +16 DNowitzki 38 DNowitzki 10 PGasol 29 DJ MBenga suffered a sprained right knee during the 4th quarter and did not return. An MRI would later reveal it was a torn MCL and he would miss the rest of the season due to the injury. Game #49, current record: 40-9; streak: won 5; final record: 67-15