May 11 2005 Joe Johnson (Pho) fell hard near the end of the 2nd quarter of game 2 at Phoenix and suffered a fractured orbital bone. He would miss the rest of the series due to the injury (but would play in the next round). 2007 Picked up the 07-08 option for DeSagana Diop. 2010 Erick Dampier underwent minor arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to clean out debris. Games Record: 2-2 (home: 1-1, road: 1-1) Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2002 L Sacramento(OT) 113-115 -2 Nowitzki 31 Nowitzki 12 Webber 30 Mike Bibby drove for 2 to tie the game with 30 seconds left in regulation. Michael Finley missed with 8 seconds left and Bibby missed with less than a seconds left and the game went to overtime tied at 109-109. The game was tied at 113-113 with 3:12 left and neither team was able to score over the next 3 minutes (11 straight combined missed shots). Bibby drove for 2 with 12 seconds left. Dirk Nowitzki missed a layup attempt was time was running out. Sacramento out-scored Dallas 6-4 in overtime (both Mavs playoff lows). Sacramento shot 31-40 FT and Dallas shot 24-26 FT. It was the 5th Mavs playoff overtime game. Nowitzki had 31 points including 12- 14 FT and 12 rebounds, Finley had 28 points in 52 minutes, and Steve Nash had 24 points and a team playoff record high 9 turnovers. Chris Webber had 30 points including 12-15 FG and 10 rebounds, Bobby Jackson had 26 points, and Bibby had 24 points. Predrag Stojakovic did not play due to a sprained right ankle. Game 4: Sacramento led series 3-1; Sacramento would win series 4-1 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2003 L @Sacramento 83-99 -16 RB/MF 16 Nowitzki 11 Turkoglu 17 In a disgusting piece of scheduling for the playoffs, it was the 2nd night of a back-to-back; made worse by the previous game going into double-overtime. Sacramento led 52-37 at the half and 81-61 after 3. Dallas shot 37.9% FG and Sacramento shot 44.4% FG. Raja Bell had 16 points including 7-11 FG, Michael Finley had 16 points, and Dirk Nowitzki had 11 points and 11 rebounds - no other Mav was in double-digits. Hidayet Turkoglu had 17 points, Predrag Stojakovic had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Doug Christie had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nowitzki was ejected late in the 4th quarter complaining about non-calls. Bell and Bobby Jackson were ejected with a minute left in the game for a scuffle. Adrian Griffin (sprained left ankle) and Chris Webber (torn meniscus left knee) did not play. Game 4: Series tied 2-2; Dallas would win series 4-3 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2005 W @Phoenix 108-106 +2 Finley 31 DN/ED 12 Stoudemi 30 Joe Johnson (Pho) fell hard near the end of the 2nd quarter and suffered a fractured orbital bone. He would miss the rest of the series due to the injury (but would play in the next round). Steve Nash tied the game on a jumper at 106-106 with 27 seconds left. Dirk Nowitzki hit a fade away jumper with 6.8 seconds left. Quentin Richardson missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Michael Finley had 31 points including 12-18 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Nowitzki had 23 points and 12 rebounds. Erick Dampier had 15 points and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Amare Stoudemire had 30 points including 12-17 FT and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Shawn Marion had 23 points and 15 rebounds. Nash had 23 points and 13 assists. Keith Van Horn did not play due to a sprained left ankle (out for the rest of the playoffs). Game 2: Series tied 1-1; Phoenix would win series 4-2 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2009 W Denver 119-117 +2 DNowitzki 44 DNowitzki 13 CAnthony 41 Dirk Nowitzki hit a 15-foot jumper to give Dal a 114-112 lead with 1:05 left - Dal's first lead since 3 minutes into the game. Jason Kidd stole the inbounds pass. Josh Howard hit 2 free throws with 31 seconds left. The teams traded a pair of free throws and there was 8.3 seconds left. Carmelo Anthony (Den) nailed a 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds left to pull within 117-118. Jason Terry was intentionally fouled with 1.1 seconds left. He hit the first free throw and intentionally missed the 2nd free throw (Den was out of timeouts) and Den wasn't able to get off a shot before time expired. Nowitzki had 44 points, the 8th time a Mavs player had 40+ points in the playoffs and the 17th of 27 times Nowitzki had 40+ points with Dallas. Nowitzki also had 13 points and shot 16-17 FT. Josh Howard had 21 points and 11 rebounds and Kidd had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Anthony had 41 points, the 13th time an opponent had 40+ points in the playoffs and 2nd of 4 times that Anthony had 40 points against Dallas. Anthony also had 11 rebounds and shot 9-11 FT. Chauncey Billups had 24 points including 10-10 FT and 7 rebounds and J.R. Smith had 19 points. Game 4: Denver led series 3-1; Denver would win series 4-1