March 15 1978 Ground for Reunion Arena was broken. 1998 Cedric Ceballos suffered a slight tear of the meniscus cartilage in his right knee during the Phoenix game when Danny Manning committed a flagrant foul. He would miss the rest of the season (17 games) due to the injury. 1998 Jason Kidd (Pho) had a triple-double with 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. It was the 36th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double and the 2nd of 4 times Kidd had a triple-double against Dallas. 1999 Placed Robert Pack on IR with a slightly torn right hamstring. Pack was activated 14 days (9 games) later. 2002 The NBA fined Dale Davis (Por) $12,500 and suspended him for 2 games for throwing a punch at Shawn Bradley during the 3/14/02 Dallas-Portland game. 2005 Don Nelson returned to coach the team after missing the previous 3 games while attending to his wife, who was recovering from surgery. Avery Johnson went 2-1 while filling in for Nelson. 2011 Brendan Haywood (lower back stiffness) did not play. It was the 1st of 2 games he would miss due to the injury. 2012 Brendan Haywood suffered a sprained right knee during the 3rd quarter of the Charlotte game and did not return. He would miss the next 7 games due to the injury. 2014 Recalled Shane Larkin from the NBADL and assigned Gal Mekel to the NBADL. 2015 Recalled Dwight Powell from the NBADL. Powell remained on IL. Games Record: 7-12 (home: 5-4, road: 2-8) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1981 L @Portland 110-135 -25 Jeelani 31 Jeelani 6 Bates 35 Game #74, current record: 12-62, streak: lost 1; final record: 15-67 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1983 W @Houston 123-110 +13 Aguirre 29 Garnett 13 Leavell 22 Game #66, current record: 33-33, streak: won 2; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1985 W Denver 127-108 +19 Aguirre 22 Perkins 10 Evans 16 Game #67, current record: 38-29, streak: won 4; final record: 44-38 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1986 W Utah 108-98 +10 Harper 24 Donaldson 16 Dantley 16 Game #67, current record: 36-31, streak: won 2; final record: 44-38 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1989 L @Golden State 100-113 -13 AD/SP 23 Perkins 8 Mullin 32 Game #62, current record: 31-31, streak: lost 4; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1991 L Atlanta 117-127 -10 Williams 27 Williams 12 Battle 28 Dallas lost despite shooting 60% FG. Game #62, current record: 23-39, streak: lost 1; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1992 L @Seattle 100-109 -9 Blackman 25 TDavis 10 Pierce 23 Game #65, current record: 17-48, streak: lost 9; final record: 22-60 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1993 L Utah 96-109 -13 Smith 22 Smith 12 KMalone 36 Game #61, current record: 4-57, streak: lost 19; final record: 11-71 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1996 L @Seattle 97-120 -23 McCloud 30 Lorenzo 10 Perkins 26 Game #64, current record: 21-43, streak: lost 6; final record: 26-56 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1997 L @Phoenix 76-101 -25 Finley 26 Green 11 KJohnson 23 Robert Pack did not play due to bruised ribs (the 8th of 9 games he missed due to the injury). Game #63, current record: 21-42, streak: lost 1; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1998 L @Phoenix 90-100 -10 Finley 20 AG/SB 7 Kidd 20 Cedric Ceballos suffered a slight tear of the meniscus cartilage in his right knee during the game when Danny Manning (Pho) committed a flagrant foul. He would miss the rest of the season (17 games) due to the injury. Jason Kidd had a triple-double with 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. It was the 36th time a Mavs opponent had a triple-double and the 2nd of 4 times Kidd had a triple-double against Dallas. Erick Strickland did not play due to a twisted right knee (the 2nd of 2 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #65, current record: 14-51, streak: lost 2; final record: 20-62 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1999 L Portland 91-106 -15 Finley 21 Green 8 Rider 30 Game #23, current record: 8-15, streak: lost 1; final record: 19-31 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 W Minnesota 103-83 +20 Finley 22 Nowitzki 14 Garnett 28 Gary Trent did not play due to a bruised right knee (the 1st of 2 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #65, current record: 42-23, streak: won 5; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2005 L Minnesota 91-100 -9 Nowitzki 21 Nowitzki 15 KGarnett 25 Game #63, current record: 41-22; streak: lost 1; final record: 58-24 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 W @Houston 95-81 +14 DNowitzki 30 DNowitzki 11 YaoMing 36 Adrian Griffin did not play due to a strained right hamstring (the 3rd of 15 games he would miss due to the injury). Keith Van Horn did not play due to a sprained left MCL (the 7th of 11 games he would miss due to the injury). Tracy McGrady (Hou) did not play. Game #65, current record: 51-14; streak: won 2; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2009 L @LA Lakers 100-107 -7 JTerry 29 Singleton 10 KBryant 28 LAL shot 52.5% FG and Dal shot 39.8% FG. Game #67, current record: 40-27; streak: lost 2; final record: 50-32 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2011 L @Portland 101-104 -3 DNowitzki 28 DNowitzki 11 LAldridge 30 Dallas loss despite shooting 59.7% FG. Game #67, current record: 47-20; streak: lost 2; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2012 W Charlotte 101-96 +5 DNowitzki 27 BHaywood 8 CMaggette 21 Brendan Haywood suffered a sprained right knee during the 3rd quarter of the Charlotte game and did not return. He would miss the next 7 games due to the injury. Game #45, current record: 25-20; streak: won 2; final record: 36-30 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2013 W Cleveland 96-86 +10 RBeaubois 18 JCrowder 14 DWaiters 21 Dallas out-scored Cleveland 29-18 in the 4th quarter. Game #65, current record: 31-34; streak: won 1; final record: 41-41