April 19 1992 Finished the 1991-92 season with a record of 22-60. 1997 Ervin Johnson (Den) had a 20-20 with 21 points and 26 rebounds. It was the 22nd time a Mavs opponent had a 20-20. It was the 6th time a Mavs opponent had 25+ rebounds. 1997 Finished the 1996-97 season with a record of 24-58. 2000 Finished the 1999-2000 season with a record of 40-42. It was the last of 10 straight seasons with a losing record. 2001 Gary Trent, Obinna Ekezie, and Donnell Harvey were left off of Dallas' 12-man playoff roster. 2006 Recalled Pavel Podkolzin from the NBADL and activated him and placed Marquis Daniels on IL with a strained left hamstring. Podkolzin had been on IL the entire season - he did play in the LA Clippers game (the last game of the season). 2006 Tied the team record low with 6 assists. 2006 Finished the 2005-06 season with a record of 60-22. 2008 Placed J.J. Barea (no injury), Jamaal Magloire (no injury), and Antoine Wright (no injury) on IL for the start of the playoffs. 2012 With Houston's loss, Dallas clinched a playoff berth. Games Record: 8-5 (home: 8-3, road: 4-2) Regular season: 6-3 (home: 2-2, road: 4-1) Playoffs: 2-2 (home: 2-1, road: 0-1) Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1984 L Seattle 92-95 -3 Blackman 28 Aguirre 17 Chambers 30 Gus Williams hit a 23-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer for the win. Rolando Blackman had 28 points, Mark Aguirre had 27 points and 17 rebounds, and Jay Vincent had 19 points. Tom Chambers had 30 points, Jack Sikma had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Williams had 19 points and 11 assists. Dallas shot 24-24 FT, then just the 2nd time in league history a team hit all the free throws they attempted in the playoffs. Game 2: Series tied 1-1; Dallas would win series 3-2 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1988 W @Houston 104-96 +8 Blackman 27 MA/SP 12 Olajuwon 33 Game #79, current record: 51-28, streak: won 1; final record: 53-29 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1990 W @Charlotte 111-102 +9 Blackman 21 Tarpley 10 Gilliam 20 Game #80, current record: 45-35, streak: won 2; final record: 47-35 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1991 W Houston 113-107 +6 Harper 19 White 12 Maxwell 28 Game #81, current record: 28-53, streak: won 2; final record: 28-54 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1992 W @Denver 104-92 +12 Iuzzolino 21 Hodge 10 Williams 21 Game #82, current record: 22-60, streak: won 2; final record: 22-60 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1996 L @Phoenix 103-123 -20 Kidd 37 Popeye 11 Tisdale 24 Game #81, current record: 25-56, streak: lost 1; final record: 26-56 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1997 L Denver 95-100 -5 Bradley 25 Bradley 16 Hammonds 24 Ervin Johnson had a 20-20 with 21 points and 26 rebounds. It was the 22nd time a Mavs opponent had a 20-20. It was the 6th time a Mavs opponent had 25+ rebounds. Game #82, current record: 24-58, streak: lost 2; final record: 24-58 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2000 W @Minnesota 113-107 +6 Nash 22 Nash 8 Peeler 22 Game #82, current record: 40-42, streak: won 4; final record: 40-42 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2003 W Portland 96-86 +10 Nowitzki 46 Nowitzki 10 Wallace 26 Dallas went on a 19-4 run over the last 6 minutes of the 3rd quarter and out-scored Portland 28-12 in the 3rd quarter. Dallas shot 20-24 FT and Portland shot 11-21 FT. Dirk Nowitzki had 46 points, the 3rd most by a Mav in playoff history. It was the 4th time a Mavs player had 40+ points in the playoffs and the 4th of 27 times Nowitzki had 40+ points with Dallas. He also had 10 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace had 26 points. Game 1: Dallas led series 1-0; Dallas would win series 4-3 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2005 W Seattle 101-96 +5 Nowitzki 21 Dampier 8 RA/RL 21 Jason Terry did not play due to a sprained right ankle (the only game he would miss due to the injury). Game #81, current record: 57-24; streak: won 8; final record: 58-24 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 L LA Clippers 71-85 -14 RMarshall 13 JP/DD 9 Maggette 18 Due to it being a meaningless game, Dirk Nowitzki did not play due to resting (the only game he would miss all season). Josh Howard and Jason Terry only played in the 1st quarter due to resting. Jerry Stackhouse only played in the 1st half due to resting. Elton Brand (LAC), Sam Cassell (LAC), and Vladimir Radmanovic (LAC) did not play. Darrell Armstrong suffered a sprained ankle during the 2nd quarter and did not return. He did not miss any games due to the injury. Adrian Griffin suffered a cut lip that required 2 stitches, but he did return to play. A 3-pointer by DeSagana Diop with 56 seconds left in the game kept alive Dallas' streak of 610 straight games with a 3-pointer. Tied the team record low with 6 assists. 71 points was the fewest points Dallas would score in a game in 05-06. Game #82, current record: 60-22; streak: lost 1; final record: 60-22 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2008 L @New Orleans 92-104 -12 DNowitzki 31 DNowitzki 10 CPaul 35 Dallas led 52-40 at the half. New Orleans scored the first 10 points of the 4th quarter to go up 86-74 with 7 minutes left and the Hornets led in double-digits remaining. New Orleans out-scored Dallas 64-40 in the 2nd half as Dallas shot just 25% (9-36) FG in the half. New Orleans shot 46.6% (41-88) FG and Dallas shot 33.3% (26-78) FG. Dirk Nowitzki had 31 points including 12-13 FT and 10 rebounds. Josh Howard had 17 points including 4-16 FG and 8 rebounds and Jason Kidd had 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. No other Mav was in double-digit scoring. Chris Paul had 35 points including 15-23 FG and 10 assists. David West had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Peja Stojakovic had 14 points and 5 rebounds and Tyson Chandler had 10 points and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Game #1: New Orleans led series 1-0; New Orleans would win series 4-1 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2011 W Portland 101-89 +12 DNowitzki 33 TChandler 10 LAldridge 24 It was a close game through 3 quarter with neither team holding more than an 8 point lead. But Dallas out-scored Portland 28-17 in the 4th quarter. Dallas only had 6 turnovers and Portland had 13 turnovers. Dirk Nowitzki had 33 points including 15-17 FT and 7 rebounds, Peja Stojakovic had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers, and Jason Kidd had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 8 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points and 10 rebounds; Gerald Wallace (Por) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists; and Andre Miller (Por) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Game #2, Dallas led series 2-0; Dallas would win series 4-2