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 29 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). 2008 Activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed Erick Dampier on IL with a sprained right ankle. Stackhouse had been on IL for 13 days (7 games) with a mild strained right hamstring. Dampier would be activated 2 days (1 game) later. 2010 Activated Matt Carroll and placed Erick Dampier (sore left knee) on IL. Carroll (no injury) was on IL for 3 days (1 game). Dampier was activated 8 days (1 game) later. 2011 Announced that Dominique Jones had a stress fracture in his left foot. He would miss the rest of the season (31 games) due to the injury. 2011 Announced that Bob Ortegel was fired as TV analyst. He had not been with the team for 2 weeks. He had been broadcasting for Dallas for 23 years. Derek Harper would be the TV analyst for home games and Brad Davis would be the TV analyst for road games (while still doing radio analyst for home games). Games Record: 7-4 (home: 4-1, road: 3-3) 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 29 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 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2008 W Memphis 92-81 +11 DNowitzki 21 DDiop 12 RGay 18 Game #49, current record: 34-15; streak: won 3; final record: 51-31 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2010 W @Golden State 127-117 +10 JTerry 36 DGooden 10 AMorrow 33 Game #51, current record: 32-19; streak: won 1; final record: 55-27 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2012 W @Denver 105-95 +10 DNowitzki 25 DNowitzki 9 Fernandez 17 Danilo Gallinari (Den, sprained left ankle), Timofey Mozgov (Den, sprained left ankle), and Corey Brewer (Den, death in the family) did not play. Game #26, current record: 15-11; streak: won 1; final record: 36-30