May 8 1984 In the second round of the playoffs, the LA Lakers defeated Dallas 115-99 to take the series 4-1 and eliminate Dallas from the playoffs. It was Dallas' first ever playoff elimination. 1985 Released Tom Sluby. 1986 In the second round of the playoffs, the LA Lakers defeated Dallas 120-107 to take the series 4-2 and eliminate Dallas from the playoffs. 2005 Dirk Nowitzki finished 3rd in MVP voting with 349 points. It was the highest a Mavs ever finished in MVP voting. Steve Nash (Pho) won the award with 1066 points. 2008 Dirk Nowitzki was named to the All-NBA 2nd team. 2011 The NBA fined Phil Jackson (LAL) $35,000 for his comments to the media on 5/7/12 about how the officials were not calling fouls committed on Pau Gasol (LAL). 2011 In the second round of the playoffs, Dallas defeated the LA Lakers 122-86 to sweep the series 4-0 and advance to the Western Conference Finals. Games Record: 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 @LA Lakers 99-115 -16 Blackman 25 Ellis 10 McGee 27 The Lakers led 62-40 at halftime and 101-65 after 3 quarters. Bother by his bruised hip suffered in the previous game, Mark Aguirre did not start and only played 14 minutes. He only had 9 points - the first time all season that he did not reach double-digits. Mike McGee had 27 points including 12-16 FG and Magic Johnson had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 15 assists (then the most by an opponent in the playoffs, now 6th most). Game 5: LA Lakers won series 4-1 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1986 L LA Lakers 107-120 -13 Aguirre 28 Donaldson 18 A-Jabbar 27 The Lakers out-scored Dallas 69-51 in the 1st half - which set the opponent playoff record for a 1st half. After going down by 20 points early in the 3rd quarter, Dallas rallied to pull within 79-81 with 1:39 left in the 3rd quarter. But the Lakers pulled away in the 4th quarter to take the series. Mark Aguirre hurt his left ankle left in the 3rd quarter and only played a few minutes in the 4th quarter. Dallas did not have a blocked shot - the first time in team playoff history that the team did not block a shot. Aguirre had 28 points and 9 rebounds, Rolando Blackman had 23 points and 8 assists, and James Donaldson had 11 points on a perfect 4-4 FG and 3-3 FT and 18 rebounds. Donaldson shot 78.1% (25-32) FG during the 5 games, setting the league playoff record for highest FG% during a 5-game series. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had 27 points, James Worthy had 21 points, and Magic Johnson had 21 points and 17 assists (then the most by an opponent in the playoffs, since surpassed). Game 6: LA Lakers won series 4-2 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2003 W Sacramento 132-110 +22 Van_Exel 36 Nowitzki 12 Webber 31 In a high-scoring affair, Dallas out-scored Sacramento 44-40 in the 1st quarter. Dirk Nowitzki had 18 points including 6-6 FG and 3-3 3-pointers in the quarter. Dallas went on an 18-0 run during the 2nd quarter to go up 74-47 lead with 3:50 left. Dallas out-scored Sacramento 39-21 in the 2nd quarter to go up 83-61 at the half. Dallas led 113-85 after 3. Dallas took their largest lead at 126-91 with 7:50 left. Dallas shot 17-32 3-pointers and Sacramento shot 9-22 3-pointers. Dallas shot 13-18 FT and Sacramento shot 27-34 FT. Dallas tied 2nd most points in the 1st quarter in league playoff history with 44 points [most: 45]. The combined 84 points for the 1st quarter was the most for a 1st quarter in league playoff history and the 2nd most for any quarter in league playoff history [most: 86]. Dallas set the league playoff record with 83 points in the 1st half [old: 82]. Dallas tied the league playoff record with 11 3-pointers made in the 1st half. Nick Van Exel had 36 points off the bench - then 2nd highest Mavs production off the bench (playoffs or regular season). He shot 14-19 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. This was also the first game after he gave his "F'em" (actually "F'em", not expanded) speech to the team and media the previous day. Nowitzki had 24 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 12 rebounds, Michael Finley had 24 points including 5-12 3-pointers, and Steve Nash had 19 points including 8-11 FG. Chris Webber suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee late in the 3rd quarter and would miss the rest of the series. Webber had 31 points including 11-14 FT and Predrag Stojakovic had 24 points - only 3 Kings were in double-digits. Walt Williams and Hidayet Turkoglu both received 1-T ejections near the end of the game after a minor scuffle. Game 2: Series tied 1-1; Dallas would win series 4-3 Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2011 W LA Lakers 122-86 +36 JTerry 32 TChandler 9 KBryant 17 Dallas out-scored the Lakers 36-16 in the 2nd quarter and it wasn't close the rest of the way. The game was marred by one of the ugliest flagrant fouls ever when Andrew Bynum (LAL) gave a forearm shove to an airborn J.J. Barea (who fortunately wasn't injured) early in the 4th quarter - Bynum was ejected and later suspended. Less than a minute later, Lamar Odom (LAL) gave a blatant shove to Dirk Nowitzki and Odom was ejected. Dallas shot a team playoff record 60.3% (44-73) FG and the Lakers shot 37.8% FG. Dallas tied the NBA playoff record by making 20 3-pointers (20-32). The 36 point win margin was the 2nd largest in team playoff history. Jason Terry shot 9-10 3-pointers, setting the team record for 3-pointers made in the playoffs and tying the NBA record for 3-pointers made in the playoffs. He had 32 points including 11-14 FG. Peja Stojakovic shot 6-6 3-pointers, setting the team record for most 3-pointers made without a miss. He had 21 points including 7-7 FG. Barea had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 8 assists and Nowitzki had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 17 points and 5 turnovers and Shannon Brown (LAL) had 15 points and 3 steals. It was Phil Jackson's (LAL) last game coaching the Lakers. Game #4, Dallas won series 4-0