March 4 1980 WBAP was named as the radio station for the expansion team. 1983 Mark Aguirre had 10 turnovers, setting the team record for most turnovers in a game. 1993 Named Quinn Buckner as head coach for the following season (Gar Heard remained as interim coach for the rest of the 92-93 season). Buckner was signed to a 5 year contract. Buckner would be fired 5/3/94 after just 1 season. He would finish with a regular season record of 13-69 (.159) (no playoffs) with Dallas. 1993 Signed 1st round draft pick Jim Jackson to a 6 year contract. Jackson had been holding out since the start of the season. 1993 Placed Brian Howard on IR with a strained left calf. 1995 Activated Doug Smith and placed Jim Jackson on IR with a 3rd degree sprained left ankle. 2003 Shawn Bradley was cut below his right eye at the end of the 3rd quarter of the New Jersey game and received 7 stitches and did not return. He did not miss any other games due to the injury. 2005 Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 40 points, the 55th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 1st of 5 times Bryant had 40+ points against Dallas. 2006 Recalled Josh Powell from the NBADL. 2006 Josh Howard decided to decline his invitation to try out for Team USA, which would compete in the 2006 World Championship tournament and the 2008 Olympic games. Howard said that Team USA's schedule would conflict with his previously planned 2 summer camps (including one for underprivileged kids) and that the camps couldn't be rescheduled. 2008 Signed Tyronn Lue for the rest of the season. 2011 Placed Tyson Chandler (sprained right ankle) on IL. Chandler would be activated 5 days (3 games) later. 2014 Assigned Gal Mekel to the NBADL. Games Record: 7-8 (home: 6-4, road: 1-4) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1982 L @Golden State 98-104 -6 Vincent 21 Cooper 12 King 37 Game #58, current record: 19-39, streak: lost 2; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1983 L Milwaukee 102-108 -6 Aguirre 35 Vincent 9 Moncrief 31 Mark Aguirre had 10 turnovers, setting the team record for most turnovers in a game. Game #60, current record: 30-30, streak: lost 1; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1985 W @Phoenix 107-99 +8 Aguirre 27 Aguirre 10 Jones 27 Game #61, current record: 33-28, streak: won 1; final record: 44-38 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1987 W Denver 115-107 +8 Aguirre 38 Donaldson 16 English 37 Game #59, current record: 39-20, streak: won 2; final record: 55-27 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1988 W Houston 118-110 +8 Harper 27 Perkins 14 AD/PS 22 Game #57, current record: 40-17, streak: won 11; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1989 L @Washington 105-119 -14 Dantley 29 Perkins 10 Malone 28 Game #56, current record: 29-27, streak: lost 2; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1991 W New Jersey 102-100 +2 DH/RB 21 Donaldson 15 Coleman 24 Game #57, current record: 22-35, streak: won 1; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1995 L Detroit 91-98 -7 Mashburn 22 LW/RT 9 Dumars 19 Game #55, current record: 22-33, streak: lost 1; final record: 36-46 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1997 L LA Lakers 92-102 -10 Finley 23 Green 12 Van_Exel 37 Derek Harper did not play due to a strained left groin (the 1st of 4 games he missed due to the injury). Robert Pack did not play due to bruised ribs (the 2nd of 9 games he missed due to the injury). Game #57, current record: 19-38, streak: lost 4; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1999 L San Antonio 79-95 -16 Trent 14 Nowitzki 6 Duncan 26 Game #17, current record: 6-11, streak: lost 1; final record: 19-31 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2000 L @Phoenix 96-110 -14 Ceballos 33 Rodman 19 Rogers 29 Don Nelson did not coach due to the flu (the 2nd of 4 games he would miss due to the illness). Game #58, current record: 24-34, streak: lost 3; final record: 40-42 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2003 W New Jersey 88-79 +9 DN/SN 24 Nowitzki 13 Martin 18 Shawn Bradley was cut below his right eye at the end of the 3rd quarter and received 7 stitches and did not return. He did not miss any other games due to the injury. Game #60, current record: 46-14, streak: won 2; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2005 L @LA Lakers 103-108 -5 Nowitzki 23 Nowitzki 13 KBryant 40 Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 40 points, the 55th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points and the 1st of 5 times Bryant had 40+ points against Dallas. Keith Van horn dislocated his right ring finger twice during the game, but continued to play. Michael Finley did not play due to a left calf contusion (the 1st of 3 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #57, current record: 38-19; streak: lost 2; final record: 58-24 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2009 W San Antonio 107-102 +5 JHoward 29 DNowitzki 12 TParker 37 Game #61, current record: 37-24; streak: won 1; final record: 50-32 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2011 W Indiana 116-108 +8 DNowitzki 29 SMarion 7 DGranger 22 Game #61, current record: 45-16; streak: won 8; final record: 57-25