February 8 1984 Kiki Vandeweghe (Den) had 41 points, the 16th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points. 1987 The West defeated the East 154-149 in overtime at the All-Star game in Seattle. Rolando Blackman's free throws with no time left sent the game into overtime. Blackman had 29 points and 4 rebounds in 22 minutes and Mark Aguirre had 9 points in 17 minutes. 1996 Jason Kidd had a 20-20 with 20 points and 25 assists. It was the 12th time a Mavs player had a 20-20, the only 20-20 with assists, and the only time Kidd had a 20-20 with Dallas. 25 assists is the most in team history. It was only time a Mavs player had 20+ assists and the 7th of 13 times Kidd had 15+ assists with Dallas. 2005 Don Nelson returned to coach the team after missing the previous 10 games while recovering from right rotator cuff surgery. Avery Johnson went 7-3 while filling in for Nelson. 2005 Dirk Nowitzki was selected as an All-Star reserve in voting done by the Western Conference coaches. It was the 4th straight year that Nowitzki was been selected as an All-Star. 2006 Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry were selected to compete in the 3-Point Shootout for All-Star Saturday night. 2007 The NBA announced that Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry would compete in the 3-Point Shooting contest to take place February 17 in Las Vegas. 2007 Recalled Pops Mensah-Bonsu from the NBADL and activated him. Placed DJ Mbenga on IL with a torn right ACL. Mensah-Bonsu was on IL for 85 days (38 games) (no injury). Mbenga was out for the rest of the season due to his injury (33 games). Games Record: 5-4 (home: 3-1, road: 2-3) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1981 L @San Antonio 98-102 -4 JS/SL/BR 15 Robinzine 10 JS/GG 27 Brad Davis started for the first time in team history. Out-rebounded by Houston 58-32. Game #57, current record: 8-49, streak: lost 9; final record: 15-67 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1983 W @Phoenix 112-100 +12 Aguirre 28 MA/KN 10 W.Davis 21 Game #48, current record: 24-24, streak: won 2; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1984 W @Denver 120-114 +6 Blackman 27 Blackman 11 Vandeweg 41 Kiki Vandeweghe had 41 points, the 16th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points. Game #50, current record: 26-24, streak: won 1; final record: 43-39 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1990 W Minnesota 90-77 +13 Blackman 21 Tarpley 10 TC/TM 17 Game #48, current record: 26-22, streak: won 2; final record: 47-35 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1993 L @LA Lakers(OT) 100-108 -8 Harper 23 Davis 14 Scott 26 Game #44, current record: 4-40, streak: lost 2; final record: 11-71 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1994 W Minnesota(OT) 108-105 +3 JM/JJ 24 RW/PJ 8 West 24 Game #47, current record: 5-42, streak: won 1; final record: 13-69 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1995 L @Orlando 92-110 -18 Jones 14 PJ/TD 9 Hardaway 20 Game #46, current record: 18-28, streak: lost 2; final record: 36-46 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1996 W Utah(2OT) 136-133 +3 Jackson 38 Popeye 9 Malone 36 Jason Kidd had a 20-20 with 20 points and 25 assists. It was the 12th time a Mavs player had a 20-20, the only 20-20 with assists, and the only time Kidd had a 20-20 with Dallas. 25 assists is the most in team history. It was only time a Mavs player had 20+ assists and the 7th of 13 times Kidd had 15+ assists with Dallas. Game #46, current record: 16-30, streak: won 1; final record: 26-56 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2005 L Chicago 100-107 -7 Nowitzki 27 DN/ED 12 LDeng 30 Marquis Daniels did not play due to an appendectomy (the 3rd of 7 games he would miss due to the surgery). Jerry Stackhouse did not play due to strained right groin (he played in the next game, but then missed the following 7 games due to the injury). Game #47, current record: 31-16; streak: lost 1; final record: 58-24