April 18 1985 Rolando Blackman had the Mavs' first 40-plus scoring game in the playoffs (43 points) 1987 Finished the 1986-87 season with a record of 55-27. 55 wins was the first time Dallas won 50+ games. 1989 Rory Sparrow (Mia) had a triple-double with 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. It was the 19th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double. 2000 Gary Trent served his 1 game suspension during the Lakers game. Trent was suspended for going into Golden State's locker room to confront Vonteego Cummings after Cummings was ejected 1/25/00. Trent had been on IR since the suspension was handed down. 2000 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had a 20-20 with 38 points and 20 rebounds. It was the 27th time a Mavs opponent had a 20-20 and the 3rd of 3 times O'Neal had a 20-20 against Dallas. It was the 50th time a Mavs opponent had 20+ rebounds and the 3rd of 3 times O'Neal had 20+ rebounds against Dallas. 2001 Finished the 2000-01 season with a record of 53-29. It was Dallas' first winning season since 1989-90. 2002 A blood clot was found in Avery Johnson's left calf after an MRI exam. He would have been out for at least 3 weeks and, as a result, he was left off the playoff roster. 2002 Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Avery Johnson, and Danny Manning were left off the 12-man playoff roster. 2005 The NBA suspended Vlade Divac (LAL) for 2 games for his intentionally thrown elbow that connected with Shawn Bradley's chin during the 4/17/05 Dallas-LA Lakers game. 2007 Activated Jerry Stackhouse and Dirk Nowitzki and placed Maurice Ager and Pops Mensah-Bonsu on IL. Stackhouse was on IL for 1 day (1 game) for rest. Nowitzki was on IL for 1 day (1 game) for rest. Ager and Mensah-Bonsu were on IL for the last game of the season. 2007 Kevin Willis became the oldest Mavs to appear in a game at 44 years, 7 months, and 12 days old. 2007 Finished the 06-07 regular season with a record of 67-15, the best record in team history and tied for 6th best record in NBA history. Games Record: 9-3 (home: 7-1, road: 2-2) Regular season: 6-2 (home: 5-1, road: 2-1) Playoffs: 2-1 (home: 2-0, road: 0-1) Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1985 W Portland(2OT) 139-131 +8 Blackman 43 Aguirre 14 Vandeweg 25 Rolando Blackman hit a 4-foot jumper with 10 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 112-112. Blackman hit a 13-foot jumper with 6 seconds left in the 1st overtime to tie the game at 121-121. Blackman scored 7 points in the 2nd overtime as Dallas out-scored Portland 18-10 - the most points scored in overtime in team playoff history. Blackman had 43 points including 19-33 FG and 10 rebounds. 43 points set the then team playoff record (now 2nd most) and was the first time a Mav player scored 40+ points in the playoffs. It was the 2nd of 6 times he had 40+ points with Dallas. He scored 41 points in the next game to become the only Mavs player to have back-to-back 40+ points games in the playoffs. Mark Aguirre had 27 points and 14 rebounds, Sam Perkins had 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Jay Vincent had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Perkins played 53 minutes and Aguirre and Blackman played 51 minutes. Kiki Vandeweghe had 25 points, Darnell Valentine had 24 points and 13 assists, Clyde Drexler had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists, and Mychal Thompson had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Game 1: Dallas led series 1-0; Portland would win series 3-1 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1986 W Utah 101-93 +8 Blackman 25 Perkins 15 Malone 23 Utah did not score in the last 4:40. Dallas shot 28-30 FT and Utah shot 11-14 FT. Rolando Blackman had 25 points, Mark Aguirre had 19 points, and Sam Perkins had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Karl Malone had 23 points including 11-17 FG and 13 rebounds. Adrian Dantley and Darrell Griffith did not play. Game 1: Dallas led series 1-0; Dallas would win series 3-1 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1987 W Sacramento 125-121 +4 Aguirre 24 Donaldson 12 Johnson 30 Game #82, current record: 55-27, streak: won 1; final record: 55-27 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1989 W @Miami 103-99 +4 AD/DH 23 Williams 8 Edwards 25 Rory Sparrow had a triple-double with 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. It was the 19th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double. Game #80, current record: 36-44, streak: won 1; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1994 L Phoenix 97-106 -9 Jackson 30 JM/JJ 8 Barkley 28 Game #79, current record: 11-68, streak: lost 2; final record: 13-69 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1995 W LA Clippers 104-91 +13 Mashburn 20 Tarpley 14 Vaught 28 Game #79, current record: 36-43, streak: won 1; final record: 36-46 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1996 W Denver 132-98 +34 Jackson 25 Wood/Lore 10 MacLean 29 Game #80, current record: 25-55, streak: won 1; final record: 26-56 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1997 L @Houston(OT) 102-112 -10 Danilovic 23 Green 13 Drexler 27 Game #81, current record: 24-57, streak: lost 1; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2000 W LA Lakers 112-102 +10 Finley 25 Strick 10 O'Neal 38 Shaquille O'Neal had a 20-20 with 38 points and 20 rebounds. It was the 27th time a Mavs opponent had a 20-20 and the 3rd of 3 times O'Neal had a 20-20 against Dallas. It was the 50th time a Mavs opponent had 20+ rebounds and the 3rd of 3 times O'Neal had 20+ rebounds against Dallas. Game #81, current record: 39-42, streak: won 3; final record: 40-42 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 W Minnesota 120-100 +20 Finley 24 Nowitzki 8 Billups 21 Game #82, current record: 53-29, streak: won 4; final record: 53-29 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2004 L @Sacramento 105-116 -11 Nowitzki 32 Nowitzki 13 Stojakov 28 Sacramento used a 13-3 run to go up 109-94 with 4:15 left. Sacramento out-scored Dallas 30-20 in the 4th quarter. Dallas tied the team record with 11 blocks. Dirk Nowitzki had 32 points including 12-19 FG and 13 rebounds and Antawn Jamison had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Predrag Stojakovic had 28 points including 5-10 3-pointers, Chris Webber had 26 points including 12-19 FG and 12 rebounds, and Doug Christie had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. Bobby Jackson did not play the entire series due to an abdominal strain. Game 1: Sacramento led series 1-0; Sacramento would win series 4-1 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2007 W @Seattle 106-75 +31 DNowitzki 20 EDampier 6 RLewis 14 Game #82, current record: 67-15; streak: won 1; final record: 67-15