Dirk Nowitzki appeared in his 884th game as a Mavericks on January 28th against Phoenix. He passed Brad Davis (883) for the most games played by a Mav in franchise history. Nowitzki, the franchise's all-time scoring leader, is one of three active players that leads his team in career games joining Cleveland's Zyndrunas Ilgauskas and Charlotte's Gerald Wallace.
Check out the entire history of the Dallas Mavericks in NBA All-Star action on the new All-Star Game History page. Every Mav stat connnected to the 3-PT shootout, the slam dunk contest, the rookie game and the All-Star game itself is now up on our new page.
Congratulations Dirk Nowitzki on scoring 20,000 NBA career points. Nowitzki iced the historical mark with a fall-away jumper from the side early in the fourth quarter of the Mavericks/Lakers game Wednesday night. Check out Mavs.com for more extensive coverage of Dirk's record setting night.
Nowitzki Named Western Conference Player Of The Week - Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played November 9-15. Nowitzki earned the honor for the first time this season and the 11th time in his career.
Mavericks Telecast Wins Lone Star Emmy - FOX Sports Southwest's coverage of the Dallas Mavericks NBA game on Martin Luther King Day honoring the slain civil rights leader was awarded an EMMY for Live Sports Event.
Jawai Traded For Future Second Round Pick - The Dallas Mavericks announced today they have traded center Nathan Jawai to the Minnesota Timberwolves for a furture second round draft pick.
Mavericks Announce 2009-2010 Season Schedule- The Dallas Mavericks have announced their 2009-2010 season schedule, which includes nine games on ESPN, four on TNT and seven on NBATV.
1984 Kiki Vandeweghe (Den) had 41 points, the 16th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points.
1987 The West defeated the East 154-149 in overtime at the All-Star game in Seattle. Rolando Blackman's free throws with no time left sent the game into overtime. Blackman had 29 points and 4 rebounds in 22 minutes and Mark Aguirre had 9 points in 17 minutes.
1996 Jason Kidd had a 20-20 with 20 points and 25 assists. It was the 12th time a Mavs player had a 20-20, the only 20-20 with assists, and the only time Kidd had a 20-20 with Dallas. 25 assists is the most in team history. It was only time a Mavs player had 20+ assists and the 7th of 17 times Kidd had 15+ assists with Dallas.
2005 Don Nelson returned to coach the team after missing the previous 10 games while recovering from right rotator cuff surgery. Avery Johnson went 7-3 while filling in for Nelson.
2005 Dirk Nowitzki was selected as an All-Star reserve in voting done by the Western Conference coaches. It was the 4th straight year that Nowitzki was been selected as an All-Star.
2006 Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry were selected to compete in the 3-Point Shootout for All-Star Saturday night.
2007 The NBA announced that Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry would compete in the 3-Point Shooting contest to take place February 17 in Las Vegas.
2007 Recalled Pops Mensah-Bonsu from the NBADL and activated him. Placed DJ Mbenga on IL with a torn right ACL. Mensah-Bonsu was on IL for 85 days (38 games) (no injury). Mbenga was out for the rest of the season due to his injury (33 games).
2008 Activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed Erick Dampier on IL with a sprained right ankle. Stackhouse had been on IL for 13 days (7 games) with a mild strained right hamstring. Dampier would be activated 2 days (1 game) later.
