June 8

1981  The NBA draft occurred.  In their 2nd draft, Dallas selected: 
      Round  Pick  Player
       1st     1   Mark Aguirre
       1st     9   Rolando Blackman
       2nd    24   Jay Vincent
       2nd    43   Elston Turner
       3rd    47   Art Housey
       4th    70   Eddie Moss
       5th    93   Pete Budko
       6th   116   Karl Bankowski
       7th   139   Danny Davis
       8th   162   David Kennedy
       9th   185   John Hollinden
      10th   208   Scott Bosanko

2006  Jerry Stackhouse suffered a cut on his nose late in the 2nd quarter
      of Game 1 vs Miami and had to get 3 stitches during halftime.  He
      was able to play in the 2nd half.

2006  Defeated Miami 90-80 in Dallas' first ever NBA Finals game.


Games
Record: 1-0  (home: 1-0, road: 0-0)

Playoffs                    Score         Dallas       Dallas High  Opponent
Year WL Opponent           Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer  Rebounder    High Scorer
2006  W Miami               90-80   +10   JTerry 32    JHoward 12   DWade 28
  DJ Mbenga did not play while serving game 3 of his 6-game suspension.
  Dallas' and Miami's first ever NBA Finals game.
  Adrian Griffin scored Dallas' first basket.
  Jerry Stackhouse received 3 stitches on the nose during halftime after
    getting hit on the nose by Shaquille O'Neal (Mia).
  Dallas out-scored Miami 23-13 in the 2nd quarter.
  Miami did not connect on a field goal in the last 5:15 of the game
    (though Dallas only out-scored Miami 8-2 during that span).
  Miami shot 7-19 FT with Dwyane Wade (Mia) and O'Neal (Mia) shooting all
    19 free throws.
  Miami's 36.8% FT was an NBA Finals free throw shooting low and a Mavs
    playoff opponent low.
  Miami out-rebounded Dallas 45-43 - the first time in the playoffs Dallas
    was out-rebounded, snapping Dallas' 17 game streak, an NBA record for 
    consecutive playoff games winning the rebound battle.
  Miami's bench scored just 2 points.
  Jason Terry had 32 points including 13-18 Fg and 4-7 3-pointers and Dirk
    Nowitzki had 16 points including 4-14 FG and 10 rebounds.
  Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points including 6-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6
    assists; Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 17 points on 8-11 FG and 1-9 FT, 7
    rebounds, and 5 assists; and Antoine Walker (Mia) had 17 points and 6 
    rebounds.
  Game 1: Dallas led series 1-0; Miami would win series 4-2