March 9 1988 Clinched a playoff berth. 1997 Elected not to sign Jason Sasser to a 2nd 10-day contract. Sasser appeared in 2 games with Dallas. 1999 The Dallas-Phoenix game was delayed for 70 minutes while the maintenance crew tried to clean off an unknown slippery substance that was on the court. The game finally started at 8:50. Due to the floor condition, Don Nelson gave his players the option of not playing - and Robert Pack, who has been injured for significant parts of the past 4 seasons, elected not to play. Despite lots of analysis, it was never truly figured out what the substance was [my guess was that it was from the gel in one of the kids sneakers who played a scrimmage game before the players came out]. 2001 Shawn Bradley had 20 rebounds, the 43rd time a Mavs player had 20+ rebounds and the 2nd of 2 times Bradley had 20+ rebounds with Dallas. 2005 Joy Nelson underwent surgery (non-cancer related). Don Nelson would miss the next 3 games due to attending to his wife. Assistant Avery Johnson served as coach in Don Nelson's absence. 2011 Activated Tyson Chandler and placed Peja Stojakovic (stiff neck) on IL. Chandler was on IL for 5 days (3 games) with a sprained right ankle. Stojakovic would be activated 11 days (6 games) later. 2013 Released Dominique Jones. Games Record: 5-10 (home: 3-5, road: 2-5) Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1983 L @Kansas City 113-129 -16 Aguirre 37 Cummings 10 EJohnson 29 Game #63, current record: 31-32, streak: lost 1; final record: 38-44 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1984 L LA Lakers(2OT) 120-121 -1 Aguirre 38 Cummings 13 A-Jabbar 32 Game #64, current record: 34-30, streak: lost 1; final record: 43-39 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1986 W @Sacramento 117-102 +15 Blackman 27 Donaldson 12 Thorpe 16 Game #63, current record: 33-30, streak: won 1; final record: 44-38 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1993 L @San Antonio 84-119 -35 SR/WB 14 Rooks 7 Robinson 19 Game #57, current record: 4-53, streak: lost 15; final record: 11-71 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1996 L @Detroit 91-92 -1 Jackson 28 Lorenzo 14 Thorpe 20 Game #60, current record: 21-39, streak: lost 2; final record: 26-56 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1997 L Houston 83-88 -5 Finley 24 AG/SB 11 Willis 19 Derek Harper did not play due to a strained left groin (the 4th of 4 games he missed due to the injury). Robert Pack did not play due to bruised ribs (the 5th of 9 games he missed due to the injury). Game #60, current record: 19-41, streak: lost 7; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1999 L Phoenix 91-103 -12 Finley 22 Bradley 14 Robinson 18 The game was delayed for 70 minutes while the maintenance crew tried to clean off an unknown slippery substance that was on the court. The game finally started at 8:50. Due to the floor condition, Don Nelson gave his players the option of not playing - and Robert Pack elected not to play. Game #20, current record: 6-14, streak: lost 4; final record: 19-31 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2000 L Minnesota 79-100 -21 Bradley 26 Bradley 9 Garnett 22 Cedric Ceballos did not play due to a sprained left pinky finger. Game #61, current record: 24-37, streak: lost 6; final record: 40-42 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 W Golden State 102-73 +29 Nowitzki 32 Bradley 20 Jamison 16 Shawn Bradley had 20 rebounds, the 43rd time a Mavs player had 20+ rebounds and the 2nd of 2 times Bradley had 20+ rebounds with Dallas. Greg Buckner did not play due to a sprained left ankle (the 3rd of 3 games he would miss due to the injury). Game #62, current record: 39-23, streak: won 2; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2002 W Golden State 107-105 +2 Finley 28 Nowitzki 11 Richards 21 Game #62, current record: 44-18, streak: won 4; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 W @Portland 109-92 +17 DNowitzki 33 DNowitzki 10 Randolph 29 Game #61, current record: 48-13; streak: won 2; final record: 60-22 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2011 L @New Orleans 92-93 -1 DNowitzki 26 TChandler 13 JJ/MB 21 New Orleans scored the last 8 points of the game, capped by 3 free throws by Jarrett Jack (NO) with 8.4 seconds left. Dirk Nowitzki missed a jumper with 1.5 seconds left. Shawn Marion left the game midway through the 3rd quarter with bruised ribs and did not return. He did not miss any other games due to the injury. Chris Paul (NO, concussion) did not play. Game #64, current record: 46-18; streak: lost 1; final record: 57-25 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2012 L @Sacramento 97-110 -13 JTerry 23 DNowitzki 9 TE/MT 17 Brendan Haywood (sprained left ankle) did not play. It was the 3rd of 4 games he would miss. Game #42, current record: 23-19; streak: lost 2; final record: 36-30 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2014 W Indiana 105-94 +11 ME/DH 20 DN/SD/ME 8 PGeorge 27 Game #64, current record: 38-26; streak: won 2; final record: 49-33 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2016 L Detroit 96-102 -6 CP/DN 25 ZPachulia 13 ADrummond 25 The largest lead in the game was just 9 points. Detroit shot 17-30 FT (Dallas did do some hack-a-Drummond) and Dallas shot 9-11 FT. Game #65, current record: 33-32; streak: lost 4; final record: 42-40