May 24 2006 Activated Josh Powell and placed DJ Mbenga on IL. Powell had been on IL (no injury) 5 days (2 games). Mbenga was activated 25 days (10 games) later. 2006 Josh Howard suffered a sprained right ankle during the 1st quarter of Game 1 and did not return. He would not miss any other games due to the injury. 2006 Raja Bell (Pho) suffered a strained left calf during the 4th quarter of Game 1 and did not return. He would miss the next 2 games due to the injury. 2010 DeShawn Stevenson elected not to opt-out of his contract and, thus, remained signed through 10-11. 2012 Dirk Nowitzki was named to the All-NBA 3rd team. Games Record: 0-1 (home: 0-1, road: 0-0) Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 L Phoenix 118-121 -3 DHarris 30 DNowitzki 19 BDiaw 34 Josh Howard suffered a sprained right ankle during the 1st quarter of Game 1 and did not return. He would not miss any other games due to the injury. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) did not play in the series. Raja Bell (Pho) suffered a strained left calf during the 4th quarter of Game 1 and did not return. He would miss the next 2 games due to the injury. Steve Nash (Pho) went on a 10-2 run to pull Phoenix within 115-116 with 1:05 left in the 4th quarter. Shawn Marion (Pho) had a dunk to put Phoenix up by 1 point with 44 seconds left. Devin Harris hit a jumper to give Dallas a 117-116 lead with 4.8 seconds left. Boris Diaw (Pho) hit a short baseliner with .5 seconds left. Dallas turned the ball over on their inbound attempt. 2 free throws by Tim Thomas (Pho) capped the scoring. Phoenix closed the game with a 16-4 run. Diaw (Pho) had a career high 34 points including 8-10 FT and 6 rebounds, Nash (Pho) had 27 points including 11-18 FG and 16 assists (more than the 13 assists Dallas had as a team), and Marion (Pho) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Harris had a career high 30 points including 12-17 FG and Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points including 9-10 FT and 19 rebounds including 8 offensive. Game 1: Phoenix led series 1-0; Dallas would win series 4-2