May 22 2001 Steve Nash was named to the All-Interview 2nd team. Nash received 12 of the 124 media votes. 2006 In the Western Conference Semi-Finals of the playoffs, Dallas defeated San Antonio 119-111 in overtime to take the series 4-3 and advance to the Western Conference Finals. 2006 DeSagana Diop suffered a broken nose early in the overtime of Game 7 at San Antonio, but he continued playing. 2009 Josh Howard underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle and left wrist. 2010 The NBA fined Mark Cuban $100,000 for public comments he made regarding soon to be (but not officially until July 1) free agent LeBron James, which violated the league's anti-tampering rules. Games Record: 1-0 (home: 0-0, road: 1-0) Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2006 W @San Antonio(OT) 119-111 +8 DNowitzki 37 DNowitzki 15 TDuncan 41 Avery Johnson made a lineup change and Erick Dampier started in place of DeSagana Diop. Dallas shot 15-18 FG in the 1st quarter and led 37-27 after 1. A 3-pointer by Michael Finley (SA) and 1-2 FT by Tim Duncan (SA) tied the game for the first time since the game started at 101-101 with 1:10 left in the 4th quarter. Manu Ginobili (SA) hit a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left to give San Antonio their first lead at 104-101. Dirk Nowitzki drove for 2 and was fouled and hit the extra to tie the game with 22 seconds left. San Antonio ran the clock down, but was unable to score and the game went in to overtime. Dallas out-scored San Antonio 15-7 in overtime. DeSagana Diop suffered a broken nose early in overtime, but continued to play. Nowitzki did not have a turnover in 50 minutes. Nowitzki had 37 points including 15-16 FT and 15 rebounds, Jason Terry had 27 points and 6 rebounds, and Josh Howard had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 41 points including 17-23 FT, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 assists. It was the 9th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points in the playoffs and the 3rd of 3 times Duncan had 40+ points against Dallas. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points and 5 assists and Ginobili (SA) had 23 points. Game 7: Dallas won series 4-3