2007–08 Dallas Mavericks season

2007–08 Dallas Mavericks season
2007–08 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach	Avery Johnson
Owners	Mark Cuban
Arena	American Airlines Center
Results
Record	51–31 (.622)
Place	Division: 4th (Southwest); Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round; (eliminated 1–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN Southwest, KTXA
Radio	KESN
< 2006–07	2008–09 >

The 2007–08 Dallas Mavericks season was their 28th season in the NBA. The Mavericks made the playoffs but were eliminated in the first round for the second straight season by the New Orleans Hornets. A day later Avery Johnson was relieved of his duties, finishing with the highest winning percentage for a coach in franchise history.^[1]

The Mavericks acquired Jason Kidd in a mid-season trade which sent Devin Harris to the New Jersey Nets.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City on June 28.
The free agency period begins in July.

Offseason

Draft picks

Dallas' selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	34	Nick Fazekas	Power Forward/Center	United States	Nevada
2	50	Renaldas Seibutis	Shooting guard	Lithuania	Maroussi (Greece)
2	60	Milovan Raković	Center	Serbia	Mega Ishrana (Serbia)

Roster

2007–08 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

injured

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB
PF	30	Allen, Malik	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Villanova
PG	11	Barea, José	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Northeastern
F	32	Bass, Brandon	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	LSU
C	25	Dampier, Erick	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Mississippi State
G/F	40	George, Devean	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Augsburg
SF	5	Howard, Josh	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Wake Forest
PF	55	Howard, Juwan	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	253 lb (115 kg)	Michigan
G/F	6	Jones, Eddie	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Temple
PG	2	Kidd, Jason (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	California
PG	10	Lue, Tyronn	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Nebraska
C	20	Magloire, Jamaal	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Kentucky
PF	41	Nowitzki, Dirk (C)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Germany
G/F	42	Stackhouse, Jerry	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	North Carolina
G	31	Terry, Jason	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Arizona
SG	21	Wright, Antoine	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Texas A&M

Head coach

Avery Johnson (Southern)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2007-11-01

Standings

Southwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-New Orleans Hornets	56	26	.683	–	30–11	26–15	10–6
x-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	–	34–7	22–19	10–6
x-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	1	31–10	24–17	8–8
x-Dallas Mavericks	51	31	.622	5	34–7	17–24	10–6
Memphis Grizzlies	22	60	.268	34	14–27	8–33	2–14

Game log

October

Record: 1–0; Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	October 31, 2007	Mavericks	92–74	Cleveland	NA	Jason Terry (24)	20,562	1–0

November

Record: 10–5; Home: 8–1 ; Road: 2–4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
2	2 November 2007	Mavericks	94–101	Hawks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (28)	19,767	1–1
3	3 November 2007	Kings	102–123	Mavericks	NA	Josh Howard (27)	20,343	2–1
4	5 November 2007	Rockets	98–107	Mavericks	NA	Jason Terry (31)	20,389	3–1
5	8 November 2007	Mavericks	120–115	Warriors	NA	Two-way tie (24)	19,596	4–1
6	10 November 2007	Mavericks	82–91	Trailblazers	NA	Josh Howard (20)	19,255	4–2
7	13 November 2007	76ers	99–84	Mavericks	NA	Jason Terry (25)	19,875	5–2
8	15 November 2007	Spurs	105–92	Mavericks	NA	Josh Howard (23)	20,468	6–2
9	17 November 2007	Grizzlies	108–105	Mavericks	NA	Josh Howard (27)	20,385	7–2
10	20 November 2007	Raptors	105–99	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (32)	20,272	8–2
11	21 November 2007	Mavericks	100–94	Rockets	NA	Devin Harris (22)	18,143	9–2
12	23 November 2007	Mavericks	107–111	Pacers	NA	Devin Harris (24)	14,002	9–3
13	24 November 2007	Mavericks	95–97	Bucks	NA	Josh Howard (24)	16,376	9–4
14	26 November 2007	Wizards	110–98	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (31)	19,556	9–5
15	28 November 2007	Timberwolves	103–109	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (27)	20,054	10-5
16	30 November 2007	Trailblazers	80–91	Mavericks	NA	Josh Howard (23)	20,301	11–5

December

Record: 9–6; Home: 6–2; Road: 3–4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
17	1 December 2007	Mavericks	108–112	Hornets	1	Three-way tie (19)	12,223	11–6
18	3 December 2007	Mavericks	103–98	Bulls	NA	Josh Howard (27)	21,780	12–6
19	5 December 2007	Mavericks	95–97	Spurs	NA	Josh Howard (22)	18,797	12–7
20	6 December 2007	Nuggets	122–109	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (32)	20,155	12–8
21	8 December 2007	Jazz	117–125	Mavericks	NA	Josh Howard (47)	20,300	13–8
22	10 December 2007	Mavericks	99–89	Knicks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (36)	19,763	14–8
23	12 December 2007	Mavericks	76–92	Raptors	NA	Jason Terry (21)	19,800	14–9
24	14 December 2007	Hornets	80–89	Mavericks	NA	Jason Terry (25)	20,071	15–9
25	15 December 2007	Mavericks	96–83	Rockets	NA	Josh Howard (23)	18,307	16–9
26	17 December 2007	Magic	108–111	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (31)	20,114	17–9
27	19 December 2007	Suns	105–108	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (31)	20,316	18–9
28	21 December 2007	Clippers	89–102	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (30)	20,246	19–9
29	26 December 2007	Mavericks	90–99	Jazz	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (20)	19,911	19–10
30	27 December 2007	Cavaliers	88–81	Mavericks	NA	Two-way tie (19)	20,462	19–11
31	29 December 2007	Hawks	84–97	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (22)	20,338	20–11

January

Record: 11–3; Home: 6–0; Road: 5–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
32	2 January 2008	Warriors	99–121	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (29)	20,172	21–11
33	4 January 2008	Heat	89–94	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (24)	20,357	22–11
34	6 January 2008	Mavericks	101–78	Timberwolves	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (30)	17,644	23–11
35	9 January 2008	Pistons	86–102	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (23)	20,362	24–11
36	11 January 2008	Mavericks	90–70	SuperSonics	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (20)	12,522	25–11
37	12 January 2008	Mavericks	95–94	Clippers	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (22)	16,494	26–11
38	14 January 2008	Mavericks	120–122	Kings	NA	Two-way tie (25)	14,077	26–12
39	19 January 2008	SuperSonics	96–111	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (20)	20,386	27–12
40	21 January 2008	Mavericks	84–102	Wizards	NA	Josh Howard (32)	20,173	27–13
41	23 January 2008	Mavericks	102–95	Bobcats	NA	Devin Harris (23)	13,764	28–13
42	25 January 2008	Lakers	105–112	Mavericks	NA	Two-way tie (26)	20,438	29–13
43	27 January 2008	Nuggets	85–90	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (32)	20,437	30–13
44	28 January 2008	Mavericks	103–84	Grizzlies	NA	Josh Howard (26)	11,672	31–13
45	31 January 2008	Mavericks	90–96	Celtics	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (31)	18,624	31–14

February

Record: 8–6; Home: 5–0; Road: 3–6

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
46	3 February 2008	Mavericks	67–90	Pistons	NA	Two-way tie (15)	22,076	31–15
47	4 February 2008	Mavericks	107–98	Magic	NA	Josh Howard (28)	16,974	32–15
48	6 February 2008	Bucks	96–107	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (29)	20,079	33–15
49	8 February 2008	Grizzlies	81–92	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (21)	20,315	34–15
50	10 February 2008	Mavericks	82–101	Nets	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (21)	16,395	34–16
51	11 February 2008	Mavericks	76–84	Sixers	NA	Josh Howard (17)	11,728	34–17
52	13 February 2008	Trail Blazers	76–96	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (37)	20,159	35–17
53	14 February 2008	Mavericks	97–109	Suns	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (36)	18,422	35–18
54	20 February 2008	Mavericks	93–104	Hornets	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (31)	15,941	35–19
55	22 February 2008	Mavericks	98–83	Grizzlies	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (27)	16,245	36–19
56	24 February 2008	Mavericks	99–83	Timberwolves	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (29)	19,429	37–19
57	25 February 2008	Bulls	94–102	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (29)	20,340	38–19
58	28 February 2008	Mavericks	94–97	Spurs	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (28)	18,797	38–20
59	29 February 2008	Kings	106–115	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (34)	20,354	39–20

March

Record: 7–8; Home: 5–4; Road: 2–4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
60	2 March 2008	Mavericks	104–108	Lakers	1	Dirk Nowitzki (30)	18,997	39–21
61	3 March 2008	Mavericks	110–116	Jazz	NA	Josh Howard (25)	19,911	39–22
62	6 March 2008	Rockets	113–98	Mavericks	NA	Josh Howard (21)	20,315	39–23
63	8 March 2008	Nets	91–111	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (34)	20,399	40–23
64	10 March 2008	Knicks	79–108	Mavericks	NA	Two-way tie (18)	20,203	41–23
65	12 March 2008	Bobcats	93–118	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (26)	20,279	42–23
66	14 March 2008	Pacers	97–116	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (21)	20,354	43–23
67	16 March 2008	Mavericks	98–73	Heat	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (21)	19,304	44–23
68	18 March 2008	Lakers	102–100	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (35)	20,534	44–24
69	20 March 2008	Celtics	94–90	Mavericks	NA	Josh Howard (24)	20,582	44–25
70	23 March 2008	Spurs	88–81	Mavericks	NA	Jerry Stackhouse (19)	20,411	44–26
71	25 March 2008	Clippers	90–103	Mavericks	NA	Josh Howard (32)	20,207	45–26
72	27 March 2008	Mavericks	105–118	Nuggets	NA	Josh Howard (30)	18,247	45–27
73	30 March 2008	Mavericks	104–114	Warriors	NA	Josh Howard (36)	19,852	45–28
74	31 March 2008	Mavericks	93–86	Clippers	NA	Jason Kidd (27)	17,124	46–28

April

Record: 5–3; Home: 4–0; Road: 1–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
75	2 April 2008	Warriors	86–111	Mavericks	NA	Jason Terry (31)	20,331	47–28
76	4 April 2008	Mavericks	108–112	Lakers	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (27)	18,997	47–29
77	6 April 2008	Mavericks	105–98	Suns	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (32)	18,422	48–29
78	8 April 2008	SuperSonics	83–99	Mavericks	NA	Jason Terry (22)	20,228	49–29
79	10 April 2008	Jazz	94–97	Mavericks	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (32)	20,378	50–29
80	12 April 2008	Mavericks	105–108	Trail Blazers	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (28)	19,980	50–30
81	13 April 2008	Mavericks	95–99	SuperSonics	NA	Dirk Nowitzki (32)	16,272	50–31
82	16 April 2008	Hornets	98–111	Mavericks	NA	Jason Terry (30)	20,473	51–31

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs

2008 playoff game log

First Round: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 19	@ New Orleans	92–104	Nowitzki (31)	Nowitzki (10)	Kidd (9)	New Orleans Arena 17,446	0–1
2	April 22	@ New Orleans	103–127	Nowitzki (27)	Bass (8)	Kidd (8)	New Orleans Arena 17,855	0–2
3	April 25	New Orleans	97–87	Nowitzki (32)	Nowitzki (19)	Nowitzki, Terry (6)	American Airlines Center 20,839	1–2
4	April 27	New Orleans	84–97	Nowitzki (22)	Nowitzki (13)	Kidd, Nowitzki, Terry (3)	American Airlines Center 20,644	1–3
5	April 29	@ New Orleans	94–99	Nowitzki (22)	Nowitzki (13)	Kidd, Terry (9)	New Orleans Arena 18,260	1–4

2008 playoff schedule

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Malik Allen*	73	16	15.0	.480	.500	.920	2.7	.6	.26	.42	4.6
José Juan Barea	44	9	10.5	.418	.389	.800	1.1	1.3	.32	.02	4.3
Brandon Bass	79	1	19.7	.499	.000	.822	4.4	.7	.28	.61	8.3
Erick Dampier	72	64	24.4	.643	.000	.575	7.5	.9	.33	1.47	6.1
Devean George	53	4	15.5	.357	.324	.706	2.6	.7	.36	.25	3.7
Josh Howard	76	76	36.3	.455	.319	.813	7.0	2.2	.78	.42	19.9
Juwan Howard	50	0	7.1	.359	.000	.786	1.6	.3	.10	.04	1.1
Eddie Jones	47	33	19.6	.367	.293	.714	2.8	1.5	.55	.17	3.7
Jason Kidd*	80	80	36.3	.385	.381	.818	7.5	10.1	1.70	.33	10.8
Tyronn Lue*	50	3	14.7	.447	.453	.781	1.1	1.5	.22	.02	5.8
Jamaal Magloire*	31	2	9.2	.327	.000	.455	2.9	.2	.03	.32	1.8
Dirk Nowitzki	77	77	36.0	.479	.359	.879	8.6	3.5	.66	.92	23.6
Jerry Stackhouse	58	13	24.3	.405	.326	.892	2.3	2.5	.48	.17	10.7
Jason Terry	82	34	31.5	.467	.375	.857	2.5	3.2	1.07	.22	15.5
Antoine Wright*	56	10	22.0	.413	.291	.687	2.6	1.4	.50	.38	6.3

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Malik Allen	3	0	6.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.00	.00	.0
José Juan Barea	1	0	5.0	.750	1.000	.000	.0	1.0	.00	.00	8.0
Brandon Bass	5	0	26.6	.472	.000	.960	6.8	.4	.60	.60	11.6
Erick Dampier	5	5	19.0	.412	.000	.400	4.2	.0	.20	.60	3.6
Devean George	5	0	12.4	.393	.333	.600	3.0	.0	.40	.40	5.8
Josh Howard	5	5	34.2	.292	.100	.800	7.0	1.4	.40	.40	12.6
Juwan Howard	3	0	3.7	.000	.000	.250	.0	.3	.00	.00	.3
Eddie Jones	3	0	7.3	.333	.250	1.000	1.0	.3	.33	.00	2.0
Jason Kidd	5	5	36.0	.421	.462	.625	6.4	6.8	1.40	.40	8.6
Tyronn Lue	2	0	1.0	.000	.000	.000	.5	.5	.00	.00	.0
Dirk Nowitzki	5	5	42.2	.473	.333	.808	12.0	4.0	.20	1.40	26.8
Jerry Stackhouse	5	2	20.4	.316	.167	1.000	3.2	1.2	.20	.00	6.2
Jason Terry	5	3	36.0	.433	.438	.867	1.6	4.8	.40	.20	15.8
Antoine Wright	1	0	7.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.00	.00	.0

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Transactions

The Mavericks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

February 19, 2008

To Dallas Mavericks

Jason Kidd, Malik Allen, and Antoine Wright

To New Jersey Nets

Devin Harris, DeSagana Diop, Trenton Hassell, Maurice Ager, Keith Van Horn, and 1st round picks in the 2009 NBA draft and 2010 NBA draft

Free agents

Player	Former team

Player	New team

Reference list

^ Dallas Mavericks fire Avery Johnson, The Dallas Morning News, April 30, 2008.

External links

[1] Dallas Mavericks fire Avery Johnson, The Dallas Morning News, April 30, 2008.

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v t e Dallas Mavericks
Founded in 1980 Based in Dallas, Texas
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history 1980 Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Reunion Arena (1980-2001) American Airlines Center (2001-present)
Personnel	Owner(s) Miriam Adelson and Patrick Dumont President Nico Harrison General manager Nico Harrison Head coach Jason Kidd CEO Cynt Marshall
G League affiliate	Texas Legends
Retired numbers	12 15 22 41
NBA championships	2011
Rivalries	Houston Rockets San Antonio Spurs
Culture and lore	Don Carter Mark Cuban Nellie Ball Moody Madness Miki, Milane German Wunderkind The Jet "Eminence Front"

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

Standings

Game log

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

See also

Reference list

External links