The big man came back strong in the 2006 NBA Playoffs against the Dallas Mavericks, where he outscored rival power forward Dirk Nowitzki 32. 2 to 27. 1 points, with neither Nowitzki nor Mavericks center Erick Dampier able to stop Duncan with their man-to-man defense.

An attempt was made in the 2001 season to sell the team to various prospective owners, including Mark Cuban who later bought the Dallas Mavericks, but nothing came of the deal.

This turned out to be a blessing for Harper because the Mavericks were on their way to a 13-69 win-loss campaign, while Harper was an integral part of a Knicks team that came within one game of winning the 1994 NBA Championship.

* The Mavericks are the only team in California League history to win championships in the years that their major league parent clubs came into existence.

In September 2004, Sanctuary Records came out with a live concert DVD of The Mavericks ' performance at Stubbs Barbecue in Austin, Texas.

It was built in 1991, when the Mavericks came to the area.

The Mavericks came dangerously close to setting the all-time worst record in NBA history ( at the time, 9 – 73 by the 1972 – 73 Philadelphia 76ers ).

The trade clearly worked, because the new-look Mavericks came out of the all-star break with a vengeance.

The Omaha Lancers, a United States Hockey League team that played at Aksarben until 2004, moved to neighboring city of Council Bluffs at the Mid-America Center, and moved back to Omaha in 2009 to play at the Civic Auditorium The University of Nebraska at Omaha Mavericks, is an NCAA Division I team that plays at the CenturyLink Center.

The Mavericks have won 50 or more regular season games in 11 consecutive seasons, dating back to 2001 — a stark contrast ( and almost diametrically opposed ) to the 10-season streak of losing seasons from the 1990 – 91 to the 1999 – 2000 season.

A close Game 5 saw the Mavericks eke out a 118 – 112 victory to send the 3 – 2 series back to California.

After coming off the bench for his first 5 games back, Perkins returned to the starting line-up Friday, February 4 in a home loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

" Bouton pitched for the Mavericks again in 1977, eventually making it back to the majors with the Atlanta Braves the following year.

The Mavericks brought back Dick Motta, who had led the franchise to some of its most successful seasons.

44 points in Game 4 from Dirk Nowitzki would save the Mavericks season, sending the series back to Denver for a Game 5, the series in Denver's favor, 3-1.

This however would prove to only be a temporary setback because Nowitzki only missed nine games, and admittedly rushed back to assist the Mavericks ' reeling offense, and consequently they quickly returned to their winning ways.

The Mavericks shocked the NBA world by winning the first two games in Los Angeles, and took a two games to none lead heading back to Dallas.

In the fourth quarter of game 2 with the Mavericks trailing 88-73, Dallas was desperate to avoid a 0 – 2 heading back home.

After the series shifted back to Dallas, the Mavericks lost in game 3, with Nowitzki narrowly missing the potential game-tying shot, by a score of 88-86.

In 2011, the Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat 4 games to 2 to win the NBA Finals.

With the condensed 2011-12 NBA season due to the lockout, the Mavericks were unable to win 50 games, thus ending their 11 consecutive season with 50 or more wins.

After regaining control of the series with a 109 – 98 win in Game 5, the Spurs won the series in six games as they won the finale 105 – 83 to set up another second round " Lone-Star Showdown " with the Mavericks.

However, in overtime it was not meant to be as the Mavericks were on fire, scoring 15 points to win the game 119 – 111.

After their disappointing defeat at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks, the Spurs entered the 2006 – 07 season refreshed with renewed determination, as they felt fatigue played a large role as they failed to win a second straight NBA Title.

After falling to the Mavericks in Game 1, the Spurs went on to win the series in six games.

The Clippers won 12 of their next 14 games, including road wins over the defending champion Dallas Mavericks and the Western-Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder, clinching only their fifth playoff birth since their 1976 conference semi-finals loss to the Boston Celtics ( the last time they made the playoffs as the Buffalo Braves ) before a dominating home win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 16, 2012.

On January 13, 2010, the Lakers became the first team in NBA history to win 3, 000 regular season games by defeating the Dallas Mavericks 100 – 95.

On June 12, 2011, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat to win the NBA Finals.

Sloan collected his 1, 000th career win against the Dallas Mavericks on December 11, 2006, in a 101 – 79 victory, which made him only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach the milestone.

The last SuperSonics game played there was on April 13, 2008, a 99 – 95 win over the Dallas Mavericks.

He spent nearly two seasons with Dallas playing a key sixth man role and helping the Mavericks win the 2006 Western Conference Championship where they eventually lost in the NBA Finals to the Miami Heat.

The premise involved 16 contestants vying to win US $ 1 million from billionaire entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

After sitting out his ten-game suspension, Miles made his season debut with the team on January 4, 2009, playing the last 1: 46 in a 102 – 82 win against the Dallas Mavericks.

Despite coming in third place that season, the Mavericks went on to win the post season tournament, becoming the Southwestern Champions of 1913.

The Spurs could not win back-to-back titles, however, and bowed out 4 – 3 in a seven-game series against the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Playoffs.

Dallas went on to win the game 105 – 95 and Mahinmi won his first NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavericks improved by 13 games in the win column and finished ahead of the Utah Jazz, but were still twenty games behind division-leading San Antonio Spurs.

The writer criticized Cohan for sticking with Don Nelson as the Warriors ' head coach and for some generally poor team performance, apart from the 2007 playoffs series win against the first-seeded Dallas Mavericks.

He continued to be a key player for the Orlando Magic, with one of his best games being against the Dallas Mavericks, where he made 5 three-point field goals to lead the Magic into a comeback and their first win in Dallas.

With every team in the league now gunning for them, the Lakers still found a way to win, taking their seventh consecutive Pacific Division title, and subsequently meeting Isiah Thomas and the physical Detroit Pistons in the 1988 NBA Finals, even after going the distance against the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks in the second round and Conference Finals, respectively.

Pavlovic started his first game for the Mavs on the last day of his contract, scoring 11 points in the Mavericks 109-100 win over the Lakers.

On the year, the Mavericks went 67-12 against the rest of the league and 0-3 against Golden State, giving credibility to Russell's belief that the Warriors ' win shouldn't have surprised NBA fans.