April 26 1984 Moody Madness. The game was played at Moody Coliseum due to a scheduling conflict. In the first round of the playoffs, Dallas defeated Seattle 105-104 in overtime to take the series 3-2 and advance to the second round. It was Dallas' first ever playoff series win. 2004 Josh Howard and Marquis Daniels were named to the All-Rookie 2nd teams. Howard received 3 1st team votes and 23 2nd team votes and Daniels received 1 1st team vote and 18 2nd team votes (voting done by the coaches, but a coach can't vote for his own players). 2010 The NBA fined Erick Dampier $35,000 for his comments about the officiating after the 4/25/10 game. 2012 Finished the lockout shortened 2011-12 season with a record of 36-30, 7th in the Western Conference. Games Record: 5-3 (home: 5-1, road: 0-2; includes one road regular season win) Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1984 W Seattle(OT) 105-104 +1 Blackman 29 Vincent 10 Williams 27 Moody Madness - game played at Moody Coliseum at SMU as the World Championship Tennis (WCT) was scheduled for Reunion Arena. Dallas scored 6 points in the last 48 seconds of regulation to tie the game and send it into overtime. Dallas led 103-97 with 1:37 left and Seattle went on a 7-2 run, capped by a tip in by Tom Chambers with 0:01 left. Jay Vincent threw the inbounds off of Chambers' chest, figuring time would expire, and the ball went out of bounds. Ref Mike Mathis signaled that the game was over, but after a discussion, he was over-ruled by fellow ref Jake O'Donnel and alternate ref Tommy Nunez. Seattle was bizarrely given the ball out of bounds and the Mavs had to be fetched from the locker room. All ended well, though, as Seattle was unable to get a shot off. Rolando Blackman had 29 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists and Mark Aguirre had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Gus Williams had 27 points and 14 assists and Jack Sikma had 26 points. First ever playoff series win. Game 5: Dallas won series 3-2 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1990 L @Portland 102-109 -7 Harper 24 Tarpley 14 Porter 28 Dallas pulled within 89-91 with 4:28 left and Portland scored the next 9 points to go up 100-89 with 1:14 left. Portland shot 29-40 FT and Dallas shot 19-24 FT. Derek Harper had 24 points, Roy Tarpley had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Sam Perkins had 18 points. Brad Davis (pulled right hamstring) and Adrian Dantley (fractured right leg) did not play. Terry Porter had 28 points including 15-16 FT and Buck Williams had 21 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Game 1: Portland led series 1-0; Portland would win series 3-0 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1999 W Chicago 101-93 +8 Finley 28 Bradley 17 Kukoc 26 Steve Nash did not play due to a strained lower back (the 5th of 10 games he would miss due to the injury). Samaki Walker did not play due to the flu (the 1st of 3 games he would miss due to the illness). Game #45, current record: 16-29, streak: won 1; final record: 19-31 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2004 L Sacramento 92-94 -2 Nowitzki 21 Nowitzki 14 MBibby 22 Sacramento led 93-86 lead with 2:10 left. Dallas then scored the next 4 points to pull within 90-93 with 1:25 left. Chris Webber hit 1-2 FT with 38 seconds left. Dirk Nowitzki was fouled with 33 seconds left and hit both free throws to make it a 2 point game. Mike Bibby missed with 10 seconds left. Dallas ran the pick-and-roll with Nowitzki and Steve Nash, but Sacramento doubled the roll and Nash forced a high arcing jumper of Predrag Stojakovic that missed at the buzzer. Sacramento shot 39.6% FG and Dallas shot 34.7% FG. Sacramento shot 19-27 FT and Dallas shot 20-33 FT. Sacramento out-rebounded Dallas 68-55 - setting the 2-team Mavs record for most rebounds (regular season or playoffs). 68 rebounds by Sacramento set the opponent playoff record [old: 62]. Nowitzki had 21 points on 5-22 FG and 11-14 FT and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive and Michael Finley had 16 points. Bibby had 22 points, Predrag Stojakovic had 20 points including 8-25 FG and 11 rebounds, Webber had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 turnovers, and Brad Miller had 10 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Bobby Jackson did not play the entire series due to an abdominal strain. Game 4: Sacramento led series 3-1; Sacramento would win series 4-1 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 W Memphis 94-79 +15 DNowitzki 31 DN/JT/ED 6 PGasol 16 Keith Van Horn did not play in the entire series due to an injured right hand. Dallas out-scored Memphis 24-12 in the 2nd quarter. Memphis went through a drought of 10:45 without a field goal spanning the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Dallas out-scored Memphis 20-13 in the 3rd quarter. Dallas led 76-56 after 3. Dirk Nowitzki had 31 points including 12-14 FT, Josh Howard had 17 points, and Jason Terry had 16 points and 9 assists. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Game 2: Dallas led series 2-0; Dallas would win series 4-0 Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2012 L @Atlanta 89-106 -17 DNowitzki 22 SMarion 8 JSmith 23 Atlanta led 38-21 after the 1st quarter. Atlanta shot 52.9% (45-85) FG and Dallas shot 42.3% (33-78) FG. Game #66, current record: 36-30; streak: lost 2; final record: 36-30 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2014 W San Antonio 109-108 +1 MEllis 29 Dalembert 10 TDuncan 22 San Antonio then went on an 11-3 run to take a 100-95 lead with 2:10 left in the 1st quarter. Dallas then went on a 7-2 run to tie the game at 102-102 with 1:10 remaining. Both teams scored on their next 2 possessions and the game was tied at 106-106 with 24 seconds to go. San Antonio ran the clock down and Manu Ginobili (SA) got a layup with 1.7 seconds left. After a Dallas timeout to advance the ball, the ball was inbounded to Vince Carter in the corner and he had a small fake to send Ginobili flying and then drained the 3-pointer at the as the buzzer sounded for the game winner. The teams combined to score on 11 of their last 12 possessions The largest lead of the game by either team was just 9 points and there were 18 ties and 18 lead changes. Monta Ellis had 29 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 18 points and 7 rebounds, Samuel Dalembert had 13 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, Jose Calderon had 16 points on 7-10 FG and 9 assists, and Vince Carter had 11 points. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 17 points including 7-8 FG and 5 rebounds, Tim Duncan (SA) had 22 points and 5 rebounds, Tiago Splitter (SA) had 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Tony Parker (SA) had 19 points and 6 assists. Game 3: Dallas led series 2-1; San Antonio would win series 4-3 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2015 W Houston 121-109 +12 MEllis 31 TChandler 14 JHarden 24 Dallas used a 20-2 monster run (including 10 points by Monta Ellis) to take an 81-57 lead with 4:35 left in the 3rd quarter. Josh Smith went nuts with 18 points in the 4th quarter. Houston shot 26-40 FT and Dallas shot 9-21 FT. J.J. Barea had 17 points and 13 assists, the 7th time a Mavs player had 13+ assists in the playoffs. Monta Ellis had 31 points including 13-21 FG and 6 rebounds, Al-Farouq Aminu had 16 points and 12 rebounds, Dirk Nowitzki had 16 points and 8 rebounds, and Tyson Chandler had 10 points including 4-4 FG and 14 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists; Josh Smith (Hou) had 23 points including 8-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds; and Clint Capela (Hou) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Game 4: Houston led series 3-1; Houston would win series 4-1