May 2 1981 Draft prospect Isaih Thomas told a Detroit writer that he did not want to be drafted by Dallas. Dallas held the #1 pick in the draft and Detroit held the #2 pick. 1986 Beat LA Lakers 110-108 in Game 3 on Derek Harper's 3-pointer. 1990 Released Adrian Dantley, per 1/20/90 contract amendment. 2005 The MRI showed that Keith Van Horn has a 2nd degree lateral sprained ankle. He would miss the rest of the playoffs due to the injury. 2005 The NBA fined Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy $100,000 for comments he made to the media about the officiating now targeting Yao Ming in response to Mark Cuban's talking with the league about Yao's moving screens. 2011 Activated Corey Brewer and placed Rodrigue Beaubois (no injury) on IL. Brewer (no injury) was on IL for 5 days (1 game). Beaubois would be activated 35 days (11 games) later. Games Record: 3-1 (home: 2-0, road: 1-1) Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1986 W LA Lakers 110-108 +2 Aguirre 27 Donaldson 14 A-Jabbar 28 Rolando Blackman got a layup to pull Dallas within 107-108 with 24 seconds left. Michael Cooper was intentionally fouled, but missed both free throws. Mark Aguirre missed, James Worthy grabbed the ball and threw it over his shoulder as he was falling out of bounds and it went right to Derek Harper, who nailed a 3-pointer with 3 seconds left for the game winner. Aguirre had 28 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists, Harper had 24 points including 10-14 FG, and James Donaldson had 11 points and 14 rebounds. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had 28 points and 12 rebounds, Worthy had 20 points, and Magic Johnson had 18 points and 14 assists. Game 3: LA Lakers led series 2-1; LA Lakers would win series 4-2 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2003 L @Portland 103-125 -22 Nash 21 Griffin 8 Randolph 21 Portland out-scored Dallas 37-14 in the 2nd quarter - 14 points set the team playoff record low for points in the 2nd quarter. Portland led 64-38 at the half and 97-64 after 3. Portland shot 59.8% FG and Dallas shot 42.4% FG. It was only the 3rd time in league playoff history that a team had come from being down 0-3 to tie the series at 3-3. Steve Nash had 21 points and Michael Finley had 20 points - only 3 Mavs were in double-digits. Dirk Nowitzki had just 4 points on 2-11 FG. Zach Randolph had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Ruben Patterson had 20 points including 8-10 FG, and Bonzi Wells had 18 points. Derek Anderson (left knee surgery) did not play. Game 6: Series tied 3-3; 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 Houston 103-100 +3 Nowitzki 23 Nowitzki 13 YaoMing 30 It was the first home win of the series (the first 4 games were won by the road team and the last 3 were won by the home team). Dallas shot 23-34 FT and Houston shot 29-40 FT. Dirk Nowitzki had 23 points and 13 rebounds. Josh Howard had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Jerry Stackhouse had 17 points. Yao Ming had 30 points, including 15 points in the 4th quarter, on 10-13 FG and 10-16 FT and 8 rebounds. Tracy McGrady had 25 points on 7-22 FG and 10-14 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mike James had 16 points and 5 assists. Keith Van Horn did not play due to a sprained left ankle (out for the rest of the playoffs). Game 5: Dallas led series 3-2; Dallas would win series 4-3 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2011 W @LA Lakers 96-94 +2 DNowitzki 28 DNowitzki 14 KBryant 36 The Lakers led most of the game with their largest lead of 16 points during the 3rd quarter, but Dallas used a 17-4 run during the 3rd to pull within 2 points. The Lakers led 94-91 with a minute left, but Dirk Nowitzki hit a jumper, Jason Terry stole the ball and Nowitzki was fouled on an inbounds pass (in penalty) and he hit both free throws with 20 seconds left to give Dallas a 95-94 lead. The Lakers turned the ball over with 3 seconds left and Jason Kidd hit 1-2 FT and Kobe Bryant's (LAL) 3-pointer at the end bounced off the back of the rim. The LA Lakers were only called for 12 fouls, setting the opponent record low. Nowitzki had 28 points and 14 rebounds, Terry had 15 points, and Kidd had 7 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Bryant (LAL) had 36 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds; Pau Gasol (LAL) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists; and Lamar Odom (LAL) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Game #1, Dallas led series 1-0; Dallas would win series 4-0