March 15 1978 Ground for Reunion Arena was broken. 1998 Cedric Ceballos suffered a slight tear of the meniscus cartilage in his right knee during the Phoenix game when Danny Manning committed a flagrant foul. He would miss the rest of the season (17 games) due to the injury. 1998 Jason Kidd (Pho) had a triple-double with 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. It was the 36th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double and the 2nd of 4 times Kidd had a triple-double against Dallas. 1999 Placed Robert Pack on IR with a slightly torn right hamstring. Pack was activated 14 days (9 games) later. 2002 The NBA fined Dale Davis (Por) $12,500 and suspended him for 2 games for throwing a punch at Shawn Bradley during the 3/14/02 Dallas-Portland game. 2005 Don Nelson returned to coach the team after missing the previous 3 games while attending to his wife, who was recovering from surgery. Avery Johnson went 2-1 while filling in for Nelson. 2011 Brendan Haywood (lower back stiffness) did not play. It was the 1st of 2 games he would miss due to the injury. 2012 Brendan Haywood suffered a sprained right knee during the 3rd quarter of the Charlotte game and did not return. He would miss the next 7 games due to the injury. Games Record: 6-12 (home: 4-4, road: 2-8) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1981 L @Portland 110-135 -25 Jeelani 31 Jeelani 6 Bates 35 Game #74, current record: 12-62, streak: lost 1; final record: 15-67 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1983 W @Houston 123-110 +13 Aguirre 29 Garnett 13 Leavell 22 Game #66, current record: 33-33, streak: won 2; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1985 W Denver 127-108 +19 Aguirre 22 Perkins 10 Evans 16 Game #67, current record: 38-29, streak: won 4; final record: 44-38 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1986 W Utah 108-98 +10 Harper 24 Donaldson 16 Dantley 16 Game #67, current record: 36-31, streak: won 2; final record: 44-38 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1989 L @Golden State 100-113 -13 AD/SP 23 Perkins 8 Mullin 32 Game #62, current record: 31-31, streak: lost 4; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1991 L Atlanta 117-127 -10 Williams 27 Williams 12 Battle 28 Dallas lost despite shooting 60% FG. Game #62, current record: 23-39, streak: lost 1; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1992 L @Seattle 100-109 -9 Blackman 25 TDavis 10 Pierce 23 Game #65, current record: 17-48, streak: lost 9; final record: 22-60 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1993 L Utah 96-109 -13 Smith 22 Smith 12 KMalone 36 Game #61, current record: 4-57, streak: lost 19; final record: 11-71 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1996 L @Seattle 97-120 -23 McCloud 30 Lorenzo 10 Perkins 26 Game #64, current record: 21-43, streak: lost 6; final record: 26-56 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1997 L @Phoenix 76-101 -25 Finley 26 Green 11 KJohnson 23 Robert Pack did not play due to bruised ribs (the 8th of 9 games he missed due to the injury). Game #63, current record: 21-42, streak: lost 1; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1998 L @Phoenix 90-100 -10 Finley 20 AG/SB 7 Kidd 20 Cedric Ceballos suffered a slight tear of the meniscus cartilage in his right knee during the game when Danny Manning (Pho) committed a flagrant foul. He would miss the rest of the season (17 games) due to the injury. Jason Kidd had a triple-double with 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. It was the 36th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double and the 2nd of 4 times Kidd had a triple-double against Dallas. Erick Strickland did not play due to a twisted right knee (the 2nd of 2 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #65, current record: 14-51, streak: lost 2; final record: 20-62 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1999 L Portland 91-106 -15 Finley 21 Green 8 Rider 30 Game #23, current record: 8-15, streak: lost 1; final record: 19-31 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 W Minnesota 103-83 +20 Finley 22 Nowitzki 14 Garnett 28 Gary Trent did not play due to a bruised right knee (the 1st of 2 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #65, current record: 42-23, streak: won 5; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2005 L Minnesota 91-100 -9 Nowitzki 21 Nowitzki 15 KGarnett 25 Game #63, current record: 41-22; streak: lost 1; final record: 58-24 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 W @Houston 95-81 +14 DNowitzki 30 DNowitzki 11 YaoMing 36 Adrian Griffin did not play due to a strained right hamstring (the 3rd of 15 games he would miss due to the injury). Keith Van Horn did not play due to a sprained left MCL (the 7th of 11 games he would miss due to the injury). Tracy McGrady (Hou) did not play. Game #65, current record: 51-14; streak: won 2; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2009 L @LA Lakers 100-107 -7 JTerry 29 Singleton 10 KBryant 28 LAL shot 52.5% FG and Dal shot 39.8% FG. Game #67, current record: 40-27; streak: lost 2; final record: 50-32 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2011 L @Portland 101-104 -3 DNowitzki 28 DNowitzki 11 LAldridge 30 Dallas loss despite shooting 59.7% FG. Game #67, current record: 47-20; streak: lost 2; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2012 W Charlotte 101-96 +5 DNowitzki 27 BHaywood 8 CMaggette 21 Brendan Haywood suffered a sprained right knee during the 3rd quarter of the Charlotte game and did not return. He would miss the next 7 games due to the injury. Game #45, current record: 25-20; streak: won 2; final record: 36-30