October 10 1980 Opening season roster set with Darrell Allums, Winford Boynes, Marty Byrnes, Austin Carr, Ralph Drollinger, Terry Duerod, Joe Hassett, Geoff Huston, Abdul Jeelani, Tom LaGrade, Jim Spanarkel, Richard Washington, and Jerome Whitehead. 1983 Released Jimmy Lampley. 1984 Released Albert Culton and Napolean Johnson. 1988 Released Jon Taylor. 2000 Gary Trent suffered a strained right groin during the Houston preseason game. Trent would be out until 12/17/00 due to the injury. 2005 Released Samo Udrih. 2008 Traded Eddie Jones, 2009 2nd round draft pick, and a 2010 or 2011 pick, and cash (about $1.9 million) to Indiana for Shawne Williams. 2011 Due to the ongoing lockout, the NBA started cancelling scheduled regular season games. 2012 Dirk Nowitzki had his right knee drained. He would undergo arthroscopic surgery on 10/19/12 and would be out until 12/23/12. 2013 An MRI revealed that Brandan Wright had a non-displaced fracture in his left shoulder. He would be out until 12/14/13 due to the injury. Games Record: 4-4 (home: 2-2, road: 2-2) Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1981 W Denver 128-99 +38 Aguirre 18 Cooper 9 Gondrezi 15 at Rapid City, South Dakota Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1985 L Houston 103-113 -10 TDavis 15 Blab 8 Olajuwon 19 Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1991 L @Atlanta 117-131 -14 Harper 19 RT/DH 6 Wilkins 25 Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2000 W Houston 93-92 +1 Najera 23 Buckner 13 Mobley 19 Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2002 W Denver 91-83 +8 Bradley 19 Najera 8 NH/MB 14 Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 L @New Orleans 81-84 -3 JHoward 16 EDampier 11 DWest 17 at Oklahoma City Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2008 W @Milwaukee 105-79 +26 JTerry 15 DDiop 8 RSessions 11 at La Crosse, Wisconsin Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2014 L Oklahoma City 109-118 -9 AA/JC 14 CP/TC 6 AMorrow 21