February 18 1979 Don Carter hired Norm Sonju as GM for the expansion team that Carter was trying to obtain. 1987 Larry Bird (Bos) had a triple-double with 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. It was the 12th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double. 1990 Derek Harper had 17 assists, the 17th time a Mavs player had 15+ assists and the 9th of 10 times Harper had 15+ assists with Dallas. 1998 Traded Dennis Scott to Phoenix for Cedric Ceballos. 1999 Released Khalid Reeves. 1999 Placed Erick Strickland on IR with a strained right groin. Strickland was activated 8 days (5 games) later. 2004 Assistant coach Del Harris was named as head coach for the Chinese national team that would play in the 2004 summer Olympics. Rolando Blackman was named as one of Harris' assistants. 2004 Travis Best did not play in the 2nd half of the Cleveland game due to an Achilles injury. He would miss the next 6 games due to the injury. 2005 Josh Howard had 7 points and 5 rebounds in 13 minutes for the Sophomore team and Devin Harris had no points, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers in 19 minutes for the Rookie team as the Sophomores beat the Rookies 133-106 in the Sophomore-Rookie game for All-Star Weekend. Howard played despite suffering from sinus problems. 2006 Dirk Nowitzki won the 3-Point Shooting Contest on All-Star Saturday. He had 14 points in the 1st round (tied for 2nd most) to advance to the Finals. He had 18 points in the Finals to win the event as Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 16 points and Ray Allen (Sea) had 15 points. Jason Terry finished 4th in the event with 13 points in the 1st round. 2007 The West defeated the East 153-132 in the All-Star game in Las Vegas. Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS OFF REB AST TO PF STL BLK Nowitzki 16 4-9 1-2 0-0 9 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 Howard 20 1-3 0-1 1-2 3 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2011 Former Mavs coach Dick Motta was one of 12 people nominated for the Basketball Hall of Fame. He would not receive the votes needed to become an inductee, though. 2014 LeBron James (Mia) had 42 points, the 84th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 2nd of 2 times James had 40+ points against Dallas. 2015 Signed Amare Stoudemire for the rest of the season and released Ricky Ledo. Ledo played in 5 games for Dallas in 2014-15 and 11 games in 2013-14. Games Record: 5-6 (home: 2-5, road: 3-1) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1984 L Detroit 115-120 -5 Aguirre 38 Ellis 10 KT/IT 26 Game #55, current record: 29-26, streak: lost 1; final record: 43-39 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1987 L Boston 96-113 -17 Aguirre 29 Tarpley 10 McHale 28 Larry Bird had a triple-double with 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. It was the 12th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double. Game #51, current record: 32-19, streak: lost 2; final record: 55-27 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1989 L Houston 94-105 -11 Blackman 23 Donaldson 19 Olajuwon 29 Game #48, current record: 26-22, streak: lost 1; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1990 W @Cleveland 96-87 +9 Perkins 24 Donaldson 12 Nance 20 Derek Harper had 17 assists, the 17th time a Mavs player had 15+ assists and the 9th of 10 times Harper had 15+ assists with Dallas. Game #51, current record: 29-22, streak: won 5; final record: 47-35 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1991 W @Golden State 107-101 +6 DH/AE 24 Williams 7 Mullin 33 Game #49, current record: 20-29, streak: won 3; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1992 L Philadelphia 90-94 -4 TDavis 17 TDavis 14 Barkley 28 Game #51, current record: 15-36, streak: lost 1; final record: 22-60 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1997 L @LA Clippers 69-87 -18 Finley 18 Green 11 Sealy 23 Game #49, current record: 17-32, streak: lost 1; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2003 W Atlanta 105-79 +26 Finley 26 Griffin 8 A.-Rahim 14 Game #53, current record: 41-12, streak: won 3; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2004 W @Cleveland 114-98 +16 Finley 23 Walker 11 Boozer 24 Travis Best did not play in the 2nd half due to an Achilles injury. He would miss the next 6 games due to the injury. Game #54, current record: 34-20, streak: won 1; final record: 52-30 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2009 W New Jersey 113-98 +15 JHoward 24 JHoward 10 DHarris 18 Game #53, current record: 32-21; streak: won 1; final record: 50-32 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2014 L Miami 106-117 -11 DNowitzki 22 DN/SD 9 LJames 42 Miami shot 57.1% (44-77) FG and Dallas shot 40% (34-85) FG. Dallas lost despite out-rebounded Miami 50-28 including 21-7 offensive. LeBron James (Mia) had 42 points including 16-23 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists, the 84th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 2nd of 2 times James had 40+ points against Dallas. Game #55, current record: 32-23; streak: lost 1; final record: 49-33