April 17 1982 Finished the 1981-82 season with a record of 28-54. 1984 Defeated Seattle 88-86 in first ever playoff game. 1988 Fat Lever (Den) had a triple-double with 25 points, 19 rebounds, and 13 assists. It was the 16th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double and the 2nd of 3 times Lever had a triple-double against Dallas. 1990 Activated Brad Davis. 1990 Released Mark Wade. 1998 Finished the 1997-98 season with a record of 20-62. 1998 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 43 points, the 46th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 3rd of 4 times O'Neal had 40+ points against Dallas. 1999 Activated Bruno Sundov and placed Robert Pack on IR with a torn ligaments in his left shoulder. Sundov had missed 19 days (8 games) with tendinitis in his left wrist. Pack missed the rest of the season due to his injury. 2000 Activated Gary Trent and placed Rodrick Rhodes on IR with a dislocated right index finger. Trent, on IR since 1/25/00 with a strained left groin, did not play the last 2 games of the season. He was activated so that he could serve a 1 game suspension stemming from an incident 1/25/00. Rhodes missed the last 2 games of the season. 2002 Steve Nash did not play in the 2nd half of the Phoenix game due to a sore back (it was the last game of the season, and a meaningless game). 2002 Finished the 2001-02 season with a record of 57-25. 2003 Left Avery Johnson, Popeye Jones, and Antoine Rigaueau off the 12-man playoff roster. 2006 With San Antonio's win over Utah, Dallas was locked into the #4 seed. [Dallas had the 2nd best record in the Western Conference, but the 3 division winners got the #1, #2, and #3 seeds.] 2007 The NBA suspended ref Joey Crawford indefinitely, including for the rest of the season and playoffs, for inappropriate acts and being a repeat offender. Crawford had ejected Tim Duncan (San Antonio) from the 4/15/07 Dallas-San Antonio game for simply laughing. 2007 Activated Erick Dampier and Maurice Ager and placed Jerry Stackhouse (rest) and Dirk Nowitzki (rest) on IL. Dampier was on IL for 2 days (1 game) for rest. Ager was on IL for 2 days (1 game) (no injury). Stackhouse was activated 1 day (1 game) later. Nowitzki was activated 1 day (1 game) later. 2007 Josh Howard did not play in the Golden State game due to Avery Johnson resting him. 2007 Erick Dampier did not play in the Golden State game due to a strained right shoulder. 2013 Finished the 2012-13 season with a record of 41-41. 2013 Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 20 rebounds, the 75th time a Mavs opponent had 20+ rebounds and 1st of 2 times Aminu had 20+ rebounds against Dallas. 2015 The NBA held the tie-breakers (random draw) for the order for the draft for the teams that finished with the same record. Dallas won the tiebreaker with Chicago (50-32, 21st worst record) and, thus, Dallas would draft #21 and Chicago would draft #22. Games Record: 6-8 (home: 5-2, road: 3-6; includes one home win in playoffs) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1982 L @Denver 124-130 -6 Vincent 26 MA/JV 9 DI/AE 32 Game #82, current record: 28-54, streak: lost 3; final record: 28-54 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1984 W Seattle 88-86 +2 Aguirre 20 Aguirre 11 Williams 37 Gus Williams had 23 points in the 1st quarter. He set the then league playoff record by making 11 shots and also tied the then league playoff record with 14 made field goals in a half. Rolando Blackman hit a 7-footer with 11 seconds left to give Dallas an 87-86 lead. Jack Sikma missed a layup attempt and a free throw by Blackman with a second left capped the scoring. Mark Aguirre had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Blackman had 19 points, and Brad Davis had 17 points and 10 assists. Williams had 37 points including 17-23 FG. First ever playoff game and playoff win. Game 1: Dallas led series 1-0; Dallas would win series 3-2 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1987 L @Houston 99-121 -22 Harper 28 Perkins 10 Olajuwon 29 Game #81, current record: 54-27, streak: lost 1; final record: 55-27 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1988 L @Denver 122-133 -11 Blackman 31 RT/JD 11 English 31 Fat Lever had a triple-double with 25 points, 19 rebounds, and 13 assists. It was the 16th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double and the 2nd of 3 times Lever had a triple-double against Dallas. Game #78, current record: 50-28, streak: lost 3; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1990 W Utah 97-96 +1 Harper 24 Tarpley 11 Malone 39 Game #79, current record: 44-35, streak: won 1; final record: 47-35 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1991 W Minnesota 102-100 +2 RW/DH 17 White 9 Campbell 27 Game #80, current record: 27-53, streak: won 1; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1992 W Houston 109-106 +3 Williams 24 Williams 8 Olajuwon 33 Game #81, current record: 21-60, streak: won 1; final record: 22-60 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1993 L Sacramento(OT) 107-108 -1 Harper 23 TD/SR 11 Webb 24 Game #78, current record: 9-69, streak: lost 1; final record: 11-71 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1998 L @LA Lakers 95-124 -29 Finley 31 Green 9 O'Neal 43 Shaquille O'Neal had 43 points, the 46th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 3rd of 4 times O'Neal had 40+ points against Dallas. Chris Anstey did not play due to a sprained left middle finger (the 4th of 4 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #82, current record: 20-62, streak: lost 3; final record: 20-62 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1999 L Portland 94-102 -8 MF/GT 24 Trent 10 GAnthony 23 Game #40, current record: 13-27, streak: lost 2; final record: 19-31 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2002 L @Phoenix 76-89 -13 Wang 12 Eschmeyer 7 Tsakalid 19 Steve Nash did not play in the 2nd half due to a sore back. Game #82, current record: 57-25, streak: lost 1; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2005 W @LA Lakers 114-112 +2 Nowitzki 24 Nowitzki 8 KBryant 33 Game #80, current record: 56-24; streak: won 7; final record: 58-24 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2007 L @Golden State 82-111 -29 MAger 20 JBarea 10 MPietrus 22 Erick Dampier did not play in the game due to a strained right shoulder. With the best record in the NBA locked up, Dallas rested several key players (Josh Howard, Dirk Nowitzki, Jerry Stackhouse) and limited others' minutes. Game #81, current record: 66-15; streak: lost 1; final record: 67-15 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2013 W New Orleans 99-87 +12 DCollison 25 DNowitzki 9 AA/EG 16 Dallas shot 51.2% (42-82) FG and New Orleans shot 36.9% (31-84) FG. Dallas shot 9-11 FT and New Orleans shot 21-28 FT. Dallas won despite being out-rebounded 58-37 including 25-7 offensive. Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 16 points and 20 rebounds including 8 offensive. It was the 75th time a Mavs opponent had 20+ rebounds and 1st of 2 times that Aminu had 20+ rebounds vs Dallas. Game #82, current record: 41-41; streak: won 1; final record: 41-41