November 14 1980 Jim Spanarkel changed from #33 to #34 (the number previously worn by Austin Carr, who was traded 11/6/80). 1980 Jack Ramsay (Por) coached in his 1,000th NBA game. 1980 Defeated Portland 113-106 to end a 10-game losing streak. 1981 Mark Aguirre had 42 points, the first time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 1st of 22 times Aguirre had 40+ points with Dallas. 42 points is the most points scored by a Dallas rookie. 1981 Mark Aguirre attempted 40 field goals (18-40), setting the team record for most field goals attempted in a game. 1989 Roy Tarpley had a 20-20 with 26 points and 20 rebounds. It was the 9th time a Mavs player had a 20-20 and the 6th of 7 times Tarpley had a 20-20 with Dallas. It was the 26th time a Mavs player had 20+ rebounds and the 12th of 13 times Tarpley had 20+ rebounds with Dallas. 1990 Rony Seikaly (Mia) had a 20-20 with 30 points and 21 rebounds. It was the 16th time a Mavs opponent had a 20-20. It was the 25th time a Mavs opponent had 20+ rebounds. 1992 Retired Brad Davis' #15. First Mavs jersey retired. 1997 The Dallas city council approved the arena issue to put it to a public vote in January (still another city council vote was needed (and passed)). The proposed site for the new arena was announced as the site of the old TU Electric plant off of I-35 just north of Woodall Rogers. 1999 Leon Smith was charged with criminal mischief and placed in the psychiatric ward of Parkland Hospital Sunday night. Smith had thrown a rock at the back window of a friends car and the friend called the police. When the police arrived, they found Smith unconscious on the floor and had green war paint on his face. The friend said that Smith had taken about 250 aspirin. As the police were taking Smith to the car, Smith said according to the police report that "he was an Indian and was fighting Columbus." 2000 The NBA fined Mark Cuban $5,000 for comments he made concerning the officiating after the Sacramento game on 11/12/00. 2015 Activated John Jenkins and placed Chandler Parsons (rest) on IL. Jenkins (no injury) was on IL for 1 day (1 game). Parsons was activated 2 days (1 game) later. Games Record: 10-5 (home: 6-2, road: 4-3) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1980 W Portland 113-106 +7 4_with 19 LaGarde 14 Natt 19 Jack Ramsay (Por) coached in his 1,000th NBA game. Ended a 10-game losing streak. Game #18, current record: 3-15, streak: won 1; final record: 15-67 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1981 L Golden State 112-118 -6 Aguirre 42 MA/WC 8 Free 27 Mark Aguirre attempted 40 field goals (18-40), setting the team record for most field goals attempted in a game. Mark Aguirre had 42 points, the 1st time a Mavs player had 40+ points and the 1st of 22 times Aguirre had 40+ points with Dallas. 42 points is the most points scored by a Dallas rookie. Game #9, current record: 1-8, streak: lost 7; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1986 L @Denver 138-142 -4 Blackman 24 Donaldson 13 Hanzlik 33 Game #8, current record: 4-4, streak: lost 1; final record: 55-27 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1987 W Portland 127-116 +11 MA/DH 35 Tarpley 17 Vandeweg 26 Game #6, current record: 3-3, streak: won 1; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1989 W @Seattle(OT) 113-109 +4 AD/RT 26 Tarpley 20 McDaniel 31 Roy Tarpley had a 20-20 with 26 points and 20 rebounds. It was the 9th time a Mavs player had a 20-20 and the 6th of 7 times Tarpley had a 20-20 with Dallas. It was the 26th time a Mavs player had 20+ rebounds and the 12th of 13 times Tarpley had 20+ rebounds with Dallas. Game #6, current record: 2-4, streak: won 1; final record: 47-35 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1990 L @Miami 93-105 -12 Harper 30 HW/RM 8 Seikaly 30 Rony Seikaly had a 20-20 with 30 points and 21 rebounds. It was the 16th time a Mavs opponent had a 20-20. It was the 25th time a Mavs opponent had 20+ rebounds. Game #7, current record: 4-3, streak: lost 2; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1991 W LA Clippers 95-88 +7 Blackman 30 TD/HW 12 Manning 27 Game #8, current record: 2-6, streak: won 1; final record: 22-60 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1992 W Atlanta 113-105 +8 Davis 35 Davis 17 Wilkins 32 Game #4, current record: 1-3, streak: won 1; final record: 11-71 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1996 L @Minnesota 90-100 -10 Gatling 26 Gatling 14 Gugliott 30 Game #7, current record: 2-5, streak: lost 1; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 W @Cleveland 107-94 +13 Nowitzki 28 Howard 10 Jones 20 Game #8, current record: 6-2, streak: won 1; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2004 W @Washington 122-113 +9 Nowitzki 32 Nowitzki 13 LH/AJ 23 Game #8, current record: 7-1; streak: won 3; final record: 58-24 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 W Chicago 111-99 +12 DNowitzki 31 EDampier 13 KHinrich 25 Game #7, current record: 3-4; streak: won 3; final record: 67-15 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2008 L Orlando 100-102 -2 JHoward 25 JHoward 9 RLewis 23 Dirk Nowitzki hit a jumper to give Dallas a 100-99 lead with 26 seconds left. Rashard Lewis (Orl) hit 2 free throws with 11 seconds left. Jameer Nelson (Orl) stole the inbounds pass and hit 1-2 FT. Jason Terry missed a jumper with less than a second left. Game #9, current record: 2-7; streak: lost 5; final record: 50-32 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2012 W Washington 107-101 +6 OMayo 25 EBrand 12 JCrawford 21 Dallas had shot 26-33 FT and Washington shot 10-11 FT. Game #9, current record: 5-4; streak: won 1; final record: 41-41 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2015 W @Houston 110-98 +12 RFelton 23 DPowell 9 JHarden 25 Dallas led 57-34 at the half. Dallas led the entire game. Both teams rested players as it was the 2nd night of a back-to-back for both as Dirk Nowitzki, Wesley Matthews, Chandler Parsons, Dwight Howard (Hou), Patrick Beverley (Hou), and Sam Dekker (Hou) did not play. Game #10, current record: 6-4; streak: won 3; final record: 42-40