February 9 1986 The East defeated the West 139-132 at the All-Star Game, hosted by Dallas at Reunion Area. Rolando Blackman had 12 points and 8 assists in 22 minutes. 1995 Signed George McCloud to a 2nd 10-day contract. 2002 Steve Nash finished 3rd in the 3-point shooting contest. Nash advanced to the finals with the 3rd best score in the first round (15 points) and had 18 points in the finals. Finalists Predrag Stojakovic and Wesley Person tied with 19 points and Stojakovic had 9 points in the tie-breaker while Person had 5 points. 2003 Steve Nash had 2 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists in 16 minutes and Dirk Nowitzki had 9 points in 16 minutes in the All-Star game as the West defeated the East 155-145 in double overtime. 2006 Dirk Nowitzki was named as a reserve for the All-Star game. It was the 6th straight year that Nowitzki was named to the All-Star team. 2007 The NBA named Josh Howard and Carmelo Anthony (Denver) as injury replacements for the All-Star game for Yao Ming (Houston) and Carlos Boozer (Utah). 2007 Activated Erick Dampier and placed Pops Mensah-Bonsu on IL. Dampier was on IL for 2 days (1 game) with a sore right knee. Mensah-Bonsu was activated 17 days (6 games) later. Games Record: 5-3 (home: 4-2, road: 1-1) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1983 W Detroit 122-113 +9 Vincent 29 Cummings 13 Tripucka 35 Game #49, current record: 25-24, streak: won 3; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1988 W Utah 124-93 +31 Harper 21 Tarpley 13 Malone 18 Game #44, current record: 29-15, streak: won 1; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1989 W @Utah 94-87 +7 Aguirre 32 Perkins 11 Malone 30 Game #45, current record: 24-21, streak: won 1; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1999 L Utah 79-90 -11 Ceballos 19 Nowitzki 9 Malone 31 Gary Trent did not play due to the flu. Game #3, current record: 1-2, streak: lost 1; final record: 19-31 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2000 L Seattle 106-117 -11 CC/MF 26 Rodman 13 Lewis 30 Game #48, current record: 20-28, streak: lost 1; final record: 40-42 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2004 L @Atlanta 96-102 -6 Finley 24 Walker 12 SJackson 30 Eduardo Najera did not play due to a sore left knee (the 23rd of 24 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #51, current record: 32-19, streak: lost 1; final record: 52-30 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 W Miami 112-76 +36 DNowitzki 27 EDampier 11 SO'Neal 23 Dallas out-scored Miami 61-38 in the 2nd half. Miami would later point to this game as their turning point of the season (Miami won the Championship). Game #49, current record: 39-10; streak: won 13; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2007 W Houston 95-74 +21 JHoward 22 DDiop 14 TMcGrady 20 Out-scored Houston 52-29 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Game #50, current record: 41-9; streak: won 6; final record: 67-15