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 47th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 7th of 27 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. 2009 Activated Devean George and placed Gerald Green on IL (no injury). George had missed 5 days (2 games) due to the birth of a child. Green would be activated 3 days (1 game) later. 2009 Jason Terry suffered a broken bone in his left hand late in the 2nd quarter of the Chicago game. He would miss the next 8 games due to the injury. 2009 Dirk Nowitzki had 44 points, the 56th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 15th of 27 times Nowitzki had 40+ points with Dallas. 2009 Dirk Nowitzki had 14 points in the overtime, setting the team record for points in overtime. 2011 Activated Peja Stojakovic. Stojakovic was on IL for 13 days (7 games) with a sore knee. Games Record: 9-4 (home: 8-1, 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 47th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 7th of 27 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 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2009 W Chicago(OT) 115-114 +1 DNowitzki 44 EDampier 10 BGordon 28 Jason Terry suffered a broken bone in his left hand late in the 2nd quarter. He would miss the next 8 games due to the injury. Jason Kidd hit a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left in the 4th quarter to tie the game and Derrick Rose (Chi) missed a shot at the buzzer. Dirk Nowitzki had 14 points in the overtime, setting the team record for points in overtime. Dirk Nowitzki had 44 points, the 56th time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 15th of 27 times Nowitzki had 40+ points with Dallas. Game #50, current record: 30-20; streak: won 1; final record: 50-32 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2011 W Cleveland 99-96 +3 JTerry 23 TChandler 11 JHickson 26 Dirk Nowitzki hurt his right wrist at the end of the 1st quarter, but returned to action in the 2nd quarter with tape on his wrist. Game #51, current record: 36-15; streak: won 9; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2014 W Utah 103-81 +22 MEllis 22 VCarter 8 MWilliams 21 Game #51, current record: 30-21; streak: won 4; final record: 49-33 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2015 W Portland(OT) 111-101 +10 DNowitzki 25 TChandler 13 DLillard 26 Dallas out-scored Portland 26-13 in the 4th quarter. Dallas scored the first 9 points of overtime and Dallas out-scored Portland 15-5 in overtime. Chandler Parsons had 10 points in overtime. Game #53, current record: 35-18; streak: won 2; final record: 50-32