Mavs Playoff trivia answers (compiled 9/9/02) 1. Name the Mav who scored the most points in a playoff game and how many points he scored. Bonus: name the player and points for the 2nd highest. Rolando Blackman, 43 points, vs Portland (2OT) 4/18/85 Dirk Nowitzki, 42 points, @ San Antonio 5/14/01 2. Name the Mav opponent who scored the most points in a playoff game and how many points he scored. Dale Ellis, 43 points, @ Seattle 4/28/87 3. Name the Mav who has the highest points average for his playoff career. Dirk Nowitzki (25.6 points) 4. Name the Mav opponent who has the highest points average. Hakeem Olajuwon (37.5 points) 5. Name the two Mavs who have had 20 rebounds in a playoff game. Roy Tarpley (vs LA Lakers 5/27/88 and @ LA Lakers 5/23/88) and James Donaldson (@ Utah 4/23/86) 6. Name the Mav opponent who had the most rebounds in a playoff game and how many rebounds he had. Hakeem Olajuwon, 26 rebounds, Houston 4/30/88 7. Name the Mav who has the highest rebounds average for his playoff career. Roy Tarpley (12.8 rebounds) 8. Name the Mav opponent who has the highest average average. Kevin Garnett (18.7 rebounds) 9. Name the Mav who had the most assists in a playoff game and how many assist he had. Derek Harper, 16 assists, @ LA Lakers 4/30/86 10. How many times did Magic Johnson have 10 or more assists against Dallas in a playoff game? 3, 8, 14, 17, 22, or 26 17 (most: 20 assists @ LA Lakers 5/31/88; obviously also had the highest average at 13.6 assists)) 11. Name the Mav who has the highest assists average for his playoff career. Steve Nash (7.4 assists) 12. Name the Mav who has the highest field goal percentage for his playoff career. James Donaldson (68.8% FG) 13. Name the Mav opponent who has the highest field goal percentage for his playoff career vs Dallas with at least 10 attempted Kurt Rambis (79.5% (31-39) FG) [Steve Hayes went 1-1 and Petur Gudmundsson went 4-5] 14. How many 3-pointers did Brad Davis make without missing at Utah 4/25/86? 5 15. How many field goals did Brad Davis miss without a make at Seattle 4/21/84? 6 16. How many 3-pointers did shooting guard Rolando Blackman make in his Mavs playoff career? 0, 3, 8, 15, 22, 36, or 53 just 3 (3-12) [how times have changed] 17. Dallas played 10 playoff games in 1984. As a team, how many 3-pointers did Dallas make? 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 5 18. Dallas played 8 playoff games in 2002. As a team, how many 3-pointers did Dallas make? 21, 34, 48, 52, 67, 79, 86, 93, or 108 67 19. Name the Mav opponent who has the highest 3-pointers made total (not average) against Dallas. Michael Cooper (27 3-pointers made) 20. Name the 3 Mavs who went 10-10 FT in one playoff game. Steve Nash (@ Minnesota 4/28/02) Dirk Nowitzki (@ Utah 5/3/01) Jay Vincent (@ Seattle 4/21/84) 21. How many free throws did Terry Porter make at Portland 4/26/90? 15 (15-16 FT) 22. Name the Mav player who had a playoff game where he did not miss a field goal or free throw and had at least 10 points. James Donaldson (15 points on 4-4 FG and 7-7 FT, vs Seattle 4/23/87 and 11 points on 4-4 FG and 3-3 FT, vs LA Lakers 5/8/86) 23. Name the 4 Mav opponent players who had a playoff game where they did not miss a field goal or free throw and had at least 10 points. Bobby Hansen (16 points on 6-6 FG and 4-4 FT, @ Utah 4/23/86) Danny Schayes (14 points on 4-4 FG and 6-6 FT, @ Denver 5/10/88) Mike Evans (11 points on 5-5 FG and 1-1 3-pointers, @ Denver 5/10/88) Doug Christie (20 points on 6-6 FG, 2-2 3-pointers, and 2-2 FT, Sacramento 5/9/02) 24. Name the 4 Mav opponent players who had a triple-double in a playoff game. [no Mav has had a triple-double in a playoff game] John Stockton (Utah 4/28/01), Fat Lever (Denver 5/14/88), Magic Johnson (LA Lakers 5/4/86 and LA Lakers (OT) 5/6/84), Clyde Drexler (@ Portland 4/23/85) 25. Name the 2 Mav opponent players who had a 20-20 game in a playoff game. [Roy Tarpley (21 points, 20 rebounds, vs LA Lakers 5/27/88) is the only Mav.] Tim Duncan (32 points, 20 rebounds, @ San Antonio 5/14/01 and 25 points, 22 rebounds, @ San Antonio 5/7/01) and Hakeem Olajuwon (41 points, 26 rebounds, Houston 4/30/88) 26. How many times did Shawn Bradley have 6 blocks in a playoff game in 2001? 3 27. Name the 2 Mavs opponents who had 7 blocks in a Mavs playoff game. Mark Eaton (Utah 4/20/86) and Clemon Johnson (@ Seattle 4/30/87) 28. Name the Mav player who had the most turnovers (total, not average) in his playoff career. Mark Aguirre (115 turnovers) 29. Name the 5 players who have played in over 1000 minutes as a Mav. Rolando Blackman (1889 minutes), Derek Harper (1554 minutes), Mark Aguirre (1547 minutes), Sam Perkins (1339 minutes), James Donaldson (1054 minutes) 30. Name the 2 Mav opponent players who started in the most playoff games vs Dallas and how many games they started. Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 18 games 31. a) How many ejections (both teams) occurred in Mavs playoff games prior to 2001? 0, 1, 3, 7, 10, 13, or 17 0 b) How many ejections (both teams) occurred in Mavs playoff games in 2001 and 2002? 0, 1, 3, 7, 10, 13, or 17 7 32. Name the Mav players who were ejected from a playoff game. Juwan Howard, @ San Antonio 5/5/01 (flagrant foul) Vernon Maxwell, @ Utah 4/24/01 (2 technicals) [Coach Don Nelson was also ejected (2 technicals) @ Utah 4/21/01] 33. Name the Mav opponent players who were ejected from a playoff game. Donyell Marshall, Utah 5/1/01 (2 technicals) John Starks, Utah 5/1/01 (1 technical) Olden Polynice, @ Utah 4/24/01 (flagrant foul) [Coach Gregg Popovich was also ejected (2 technicals) @ San Antonio 5/7/01] 34. Who has more technicals as Mavs coach, Don Nelson or Dick Motta? Nelson (8), Motta (4) 35. Name the Mav opponent who has the most technicals in Mavs playoff games. Vlade Divac (3 technicals) 36. Name the Mav who has fouled out of the most Mavs games and how many games he fouled out of. Mark Aguirre, 5 37. This player averaged 5.7 fouls in a playoff series (ie, vs 1 team). Sam Perkins vs Portland 1990 38. Name 10 of the 16 players that wore Mavs uniforms and also played against Dallas in a playoff game. (give yourself bonus points for each name you get over 10). Chucky Brown (Sac), Mark Bryant (Por), Tony Campbell (LAL), Dale Ellis (Sea), Alex English (Den), A.C. Green (LAL), Avery Johnson (SA), Fat Lever (Den), Danny Manning (Uta), Rodney McCray (Hou), Robert Pack (Min), Fred Roberts (Uta), Gary Trent (Min), Jay Vincent (Den), Samaki Walker (SA), Al Wood (Sea) 39. Why was Game 5 vs Seattle in 1984 played in Moody Coliseum (Moody Madness game) instead of Reunion Arena? World Championship Tennis (WCT) tournament was pre-booked for Reunion for that night. 40. True or false: all 5 Mav playoffs that have gone into overtime have occurred in Dallas. true