2015–16 Dallas Mavericks season
# 2015–16 Dallas Mavericks season

The 2015–16 Dallas Mavericks season was the 36th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Mavericks finished second in the Southwest Division and sixth in the Western Conference with a 42–40 record. The Mavs' season ended with a 1–4 first round playoff series loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Mavericks would not qualify for the playoffs again until 2020. This season also marked the final career playoff appearance of Dirk Nowitzki until his retirement in 2019.

## Key dates

* June 25: The 2015 NBA draft took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The Mavericks selected Justin Anderson with the 21st overall pick in the draft.
* July 1: 2015 NBA free agency begins.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 21 | Justin Anderson | SG/SF | United States | Virginia |
| 2 | 52 | Satnam Singh Bhamara | C | India | IMG Academy (HS Pg.) |

## Standings

### Conference

Western Conference :

| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | z – Golden State Warriors * | 73 | 9 | .890 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – San Antonio Spurs * | 67 | 15 | .817 | 6.0 | 82 |
| 3 | y – Oklahoma City Thunder * | 55 | 27 | .671 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x – Los Angeles Clippers | 53 | 29 | .646 | 20.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x – Portland Trail Blazers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 29.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – Dallas Mavericks | 42 | 40 | .512 | 31.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x – Memphis Grizzlies | 42 | 40 | .512 | 31.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x – Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 32.0 | 82 |
| 9 | Utah Jazz | 40 | 42 | .488 | 33.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Sacramento Kings | 33 | 49 | .402 | 40.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Denver Nuggets | 33 | 49 | .402 | 40.0 | 82 |
| 12 | New Orleans Pelicans | 30 | 52 | .366 | 43.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 29 | 53 | .354 | 44.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Phoenix Suns | 23 | 59 | .280 | 50.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Los Angeles Lakers | 17 | 65 | .207 | 56.0 | 82 |

### Division

| Southwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y – San Antonio Spurs | 67 | 15 | .817 | – | 40–1 | 27–14 | 15–1 | 82 |
| x – Dallas Mavericks | 42 | 40 | .512 | 25.0 | 23–18 | 19–22 | 7–9 | 82 |
| x – Memphis Grizzlies | 42 | 40 | .512 | 25.0 | 26–15 | 16–25 | 7–9 | 82 |
| x – Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 26.0 | 23–18 | 18–23 | 8–8 | 82 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 30 | 52 | .366 | 37.0 | 21–20 | 9–32 | 4–12 | 82 |

## Game log

### Preseason

2015–16 game log Total: 0–7 :

Pre-season: 0–7 (home: 0–3; road: 0–4)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

October 6

Denver

L 86–96

Charlie Villanueva (18)

Pachulia, Villanueva (8)

J.J. Barea (7)

American Airlines Center 17,038

0–1

2

October 7

@ Houston

L 82–109

John Jenkins (19)

Samuel Dalembert (8)

Raymond Felton (6)

Toyota Center 16,839

0–2

3

October 13

@ Oklahoma City

L 88–100

John Jenkins (26)

Jeremy Evans (8)

J.J. Barea (6)

BOK Center 17,978

0–3

4

October 16

Atlanta

L 84–91

John Jenkins (16)

Salah Mejri (8)

J.J. Barea (7)

American Airlines Center 19,315

0–4

5

October 19

@ Cleveland

L 97–103

John Jenkins (26)

Salah Mejri (8)

Raymond Felton (7)

Quicken Loans Arena 18,768

0–5

6

October 21

Phoenix

L 87–99

John Jenkins (22)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Felton, Wilson (3)

American Airlines Center 18,247

0–6

7

October 23

@ Chicago

L 102–103

Dirk Nowitzki (19)

Dwight Powell (11)

J.J. Barea (6)

Pinnacle Bank Arena 15,297

0–7 :

2015–16 season schedule :

### Regular season

2015–16 game log Total: 42–40 (home: 23–18; road: 19–22) :

October: 1–1 (home: 0–0; road: 1–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

October 28

@ Phoenix

W 111–95

Raymond Felton (18)

Zaza Pachulia (10)

Deron Williams (7)

US Airways Center 18,055

1–0

2

October 29

@ L.A. Clippers

L 88–104

John Jenkins (17)

Pachulia, Powell (8)

J.J. Barea (9)

Staples Center 19,218

1–1 :

November

: 9–7 (home: 5–2; road: 4–5)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

3

November 1

@ L.A. Lakers

W 103–93

Dirk Nowitzki (25)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Deron Williams (8)

Staples Center 18,997

2–1

4

November 3

Toronto

L 91–102

Dirk Nowitzki (18)

Dwight Powell (10)

Devin Harris (6)

American Airlines Center 20,034

2–2

5

November 5

Charlotte

L 92–108

Deron Williams (15)

Zaza Pachulia (10)

J.J. Barea (6)

American Airlines Center 19,635

2–3

6

November 7

New Orleans

W 107–98

Deron Williams (19)

Zaza Pachulia (14)

Devin Harris (6)

American Airlines Center 20,454

3–3

7

November 10

@ New Orleans

L 105–120

Dirk Nowitzki (18)

Charlie Villanueva (9)

J.J. Barea (5)

Smoothie King Center 17,128

3–4

8

November 11

L.A. Clippers

W 118–108

Dirk Nowitzki (31)

Dirk Nowitzki (11)

J.J. Barea (7)

American Airlines Center 17,128

4–4

9

November 13

L.A. Lakers

W 90–82

Zaza Pachulia (18)

Zaza Pachulia (16)

Deron Williams (7)

American Airlines Center 20,260

5–4

10

November 14

@ Houston

W 110–98

Raymond Felton (23)

Dwight Powell (9)

J.J. Barea (8)

Toyota Center 18,231

6–4

11

November 16

@ Philadelphia

W 92–86

Dirk Nowitzki (21)

Dwight Powell (8)

Deron Williams (6)

Wells Fargo Center 11,555

7–4

12

November 18

@ Boston

W 106–102

Dirk Nowitzki (23)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Deron Williams (6)

TD Garden 17,262

8–4

13

November 20

Utah

W 102–93

Deron Williams (23)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Deron Williams (8)

American Airlines Center 20,028

9–4

14

November 22

@ Oklahoma City

L 114–117

Deron Williams (20)

Zaza Pachulia (10)

Pachulia, Williams (6)

Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203

9–5

15

November 24

@ Memphis

L 96–110

Barea, Felton (16)

Nowitzki, Pachulia (10)

Barea, Matthews (4)

FedExForum 17,381

9–6

16

November 25

@ San Antonio

L 83–88

Wesley Matthews (15)

Dirk Nowitzki (14)

Deron Williams (9)

AT&T Center 18,418

9–7

17

November 28

Denver

W 92–81

Deron Williams (22)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Matthews, Williams (4)

American Airlines Center 20,339

10–7

18

November 30

@ Sacramento

L 98–112

Chandler Parsons (14)

Zaza Pachulia (10)

Felton, Williams (7)

Sleep Train Arena 16,937

10–8 :

December

: 9–5 (home: 5–3; road: 4–2)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

19

December 1

@ Portland

W 115–112 (OT)

Deron Williams (30)

Zaza Pachulia (21)

Deron Williams (8)

Moda Center 19,393

11–8

20

December 4

Houston

L 96–100

Deron Williams (22)

Zaza Pachulia (11)

Deron Williams (6)

American Airlines Center 20,339

11–9

21

December 6

@ Washington

W 116–104

Wesley Matthews (36)

Raymond Felton (10)

Deron Williams (9)

Verizon Center 16,394

12–9

22

December 7

@ New York

W 104–97

Dirk Nowitzki (25)

Zaza Pachulia (8)

Deron Williams (7)

Madison Square Garden 19,812

13–9

23

December 9

Atlanta

L 95–98

Deron Williams (18)

Zaza Pachulia (17)

Deron Williams (6)

American Airlines Center 19,936

13–10

24

December 12

Washington

L 111–114

Wesley Matthews (28)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Deron Williams (11)

American Airlines Center 20,088

13–11

25

December 14

Phoenix

W 104–94

Deron Williams (18)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Felton, Nowitzki (4)

American Airlines Center 19,822

14–11

26

December 16

@ Indiana

L 81–107

Raymond Felton (16)

Zaza Pachulia (14)

Deron Williams (6)

Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,824

14–12

27

December 18

Memphis

W 97–88

Dirk Nowitzki (20)

Zaza Pachulia (18)

Chandler Parsons (7)

American Airlines Center 20,199

15–12

28

December 22

@ Toronto

L 99–103

Dirk Nowitzki (20)

Dirk Nowitzki (7)

Deron Williams (6)

Air Canada Centre 19,800

15–13

29

December 23

@ Brooklyn

W 119–118 (OT)

J.J. Barea (32)

Chandler Parsons (7)

J.J. Barea (11)

Barclays Center 15,994

16–13

30

December 26

Chicago

W 118–111

J.J. Barea (26)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

three players (5)

American Airlines Center 20,392

17–13

31

December 28

Milwaukee

W 103–93

Wesley Matthews (22)

Zaza Pachulia (8)

J.J. Barea (5)

American Airlines Center 20,300

18–13

32

December 30

Golden State

W 114–91

J.J. Barea (23)

Zaza Pachulia (15)

J.J. Barea (6)

American Airlines Center 20,494

19–13 :

January

: 9–9 (home: 5–3; road: 4–6)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

33

January 1

@ Miami

L 82–106

Zaza Pachulia (14)

Zaza Pachulia (13)

three players (5)

American Airlines Arena 19,748

19–14

34

January 2

New Orleans

L 98–105

Dirk Nowitzki (24)

Zaza Pachulia (9)

J.J. Barea (5)

American Airlines Center 20,152

19–15

35

January 5

Sacramento

W 117–116 (2OT)

Deron Williams (25)

Zaza Pachulia (17)

three players (4)

American Airlines Center 20,059

20–15

36

January 6

@ New Orleans

W 100–91

Raymond Felton (22)

Dwight Powell (10)

Raymond Felton (6)

CenturyLink Center 15,255

21–15

37

January 8

@ Milwaukee

L 95–96

Dirk Nowitzki (20)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Deron Williams (6)

BMO Harris Bradley Center 16,409

21–16

38

January 10

@ Minnesota

W 93–87

Dirk Nowitzki (29)

Zaza Pachulia (11)

Barea, Williams (4)

Target Center 14,363

22–16

39

January 12

Cleveland

L 107–110 (OT)

Chandler Parsons (25)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Deron Williams (10)

American Airlines Center 20,347

22–17

40

January 13

@ Oklahoma City

L 89–108

J.J Barea (18)

Mejri, Powell (9)

J.J Barea (6)

Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203

22–18

41

January 15

@ Chicago

W 83–77

Dirk Nowitzki (21)

Zaza Pachulia (10)

Deron Williams (6)

United Center 22,056

23–18

42

January 17

@ San Antonio

L 83–112

Dwight Powell (15)

JaVale McGee (10)

J.J Barea (4)

AT&T Center 18,418

23–19

43

January 18

Boston

W 118–113 (OT)

Dirk Nowitzki (31)

Zaza Pachulia (19)

Deron Williams (6)

American Airlines Center 19,866

24–19

44

January 20

Minnesota

W 106–94 (OT)

Chandler Parsons (30)

McGee, Parsons (8)

three players (4)

American Airlines Center 19,621

25–19

45

January 22

Oklahoma City

L 106–109

Chandler Parsons (26)

Zaza Pachulia (8)

Pachulia, Williams (5)

American Airlines Center 20,284

25–20

46

January 24

@ Houston

L 104–115

Chandler Parsons (31)

Salah Mejri (11)

Deron Williams (5)

Toyota Center 18,142

25–21

47

January 26

@ L.A. Lakers

W 92–90

J.J. Barea (18)

Chandler Parsons (9)

Wesley Matthews (5)

Staples Center 18,997

26–21

48

January 27

@ Golden State

L 107–127

Chandler Parsons (23)

Chandler Parsons (7)

J.J. Barea (5)

Oracle Arena 19,596

26–22

49

January 29

Brooklyn

W 91–79

Chandler Parsons (19)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Deron Williams (6)

American Airlines Center 20,409

27–22

50

January 31

Phoenix

W 91–78

Deron Williams (27)

Zaza Pachulia (15)

Raymond Felton (6)

American Airlines Center 20,137

28–22 :

February

: 4–6 (home: 3–4; road: 1–2)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

51

February 1

@ Atlanta

L 97–112

Chandler Parsons (19)

Zaza Pachulia (13)

J.J. Barea (4)

Philips Arena 15,455

28–23

52

February 3

Miami

L 90–93

Dirk Nowitzki (28)

Zaza Pachulia (15)

three players (4)

American Airlines Center 20,385

28–24

53

February 5

San Antonio

L 90–116

Anderson, Villanueva (13)

Dirk Nowitzki (8)

Raymond Felton (4)

American Airlines Center 20,404

28–25

54

February 6

@ Memphis

W 114–110 (OT)

Chandler Parsons (26)

Chandler Parsons (8)

Deron Williams (11)

FedExForum 18,119

29–25

55

February 9

Utah

L 119–121 (OT)

Chandler Parsons (24)

Zaza Pachulia (11)

J.J. Barea (6)

American Airlines Center 19,394

29–26

All-Star Break

56

February 19

@ Orlando

L 104–110 (OT)

Chandler Parsons (24)

Zaza Pachulia (11)

Deron Williams (7)

Amway Center 17,764

29–27

57

February 21

Philadelphia

W 129–103

Wesley Matthews (21)

Zaza Pachulia (10)

Deron Williams (8)

American Airlines Center 20,194

30–27

58

February 24

Oklahoma City

L 103–116

Dirk Nowitzki (33)

Zaza Pachulia (10)

Raymond Felton (9)

American Airlines Center 19,805

30–28

59

February 26

Denver

W 122–116 (OT)

Chandler Parsons (27)

Dirk Nowitzki (13)

Raymond Felton (6)

American Airlines Center 20,298

31–28

60

February 28

Minnesota

W 128–101

Chandler Parsons (29)

David Lee (9)

Deron Williams (8)

American Airlines Center 20,289

32–28 :

March

: 5–10 (home: 3–5; road: 2–5)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

61

March 1

Orlando

W 121–108

Wesley Matthews (21)

Zaza Pachulia (10)

Deron Williams (6)

American Airlines Center 19,546

33–28

62

March 3

Sacramento

L 101–104

Chandler Parsons (28)

David Lee (11)

three players (5)

American Airlines Center 19,910

33–29

63

March 6

@ Denver

L 114–116 (OT)

Dirk Nowitzki (30)

David Lee (12)

Felton, Williams (5)

Pepsi Center 14,802

33–30

64

March 7

L.A. Clippers

L 90–109

Dirk Nowitzki (22)

three players (8)

Barea, Williams (4)

American Airlines Center 20,002

33–31

65

March 9

Detroit

L 96–102

Nowitzki, Parsons (25)

Zaza Pachulia (13)

Deron Williams (9)

American Airlines Center 20,249

33–32

66

March 12

Indiana

L 105–112

Dirk Nowitzki (30)

Zaza Pachulia (9)

Deron Williams (8)

American Airlines Center 20,459

33–33

67

March 14

@ Charlotte

W 107–96

Chandler Parsons (24)

Dirk Nowitzki (11)

Raymond Felton (12)

Time Warner Cable Arena 15,686

34–33

68

March 16

@ Cleveland

L 98–99

Lee, Nowitzki (20)

Devin Harris (6)

Chandler Parsons (10)

Quicken Loans Arena 20,562

34–34

69

March 18

Golden State

L 112–130

Dirk Nowitzki (24)

Dirk Nowitzki (9)

Deron Williams (7)

American Airlines Center 20,515

34–35

70

March 20

Portland

W 132–120 (OT)

Dirk Nowitzki (40)

Salah Mejri (14)

Deron Williams (16)

American Airlines Center 20,351

35–35

71

March 23

@ Portland

L 103–109

Wesley Matthews (22)

Salah Mejri (12)

Deron Williams (11)

Moda Center 19,819

35–36

72

March 25

@ Golden State

L 120–128

Wesley Matthews (26)

Zaza Pachulia (13)

Barea, Lee (6)

Oracle Arena 19,596

35–37

73

March 27

@ Sacramento

L 111–133

Raymond Felton (15)

Lee, Powell (6)

Raymond Felton (5)

Sleep Train Arena 17,147

35–38

74

March 28

@ Denver

W 97–88

J.J. Barea (18)

Dwight Powell (7)

J.J. Barea (11)

Pepsi Center 14,844

36–38

75

March 30

New York

W 91–89

J.J. Barea (26)

Zaza Pachulia (9)

J.J. Barea (7)

American Airlines Center 20,435

37–38 :

April

: 5–2 (home: 2–1; road: 3–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

76

April 1

@ Detroit

W 98–89

J.J. Barea (29)

Zaza Pachulia (11)

four players (3)

The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,031

38–38

77

April 3

@ Minnesota

W 88–78

J.J. Barea (21)

Justin Anderson (10)

J.J. Barea (6)

Target Center 16,117

39–38

78

April 6

Houston

W 88–86

J.J. Barea (27)

David Lee (8)

J.J. Barea (8)

American Airlines Center 20,108

40–38

79

April 8

Memphis

W 103–93

Dirk Nowitzki (21)

Justin Anderson (10)

Raymond Felton (14)

American Airlines Center 20,211

41–38

80

April 10

@ L.A. Clippers

L 91–98

Raymond Felton (21)

David Lee (7)

Raymond Felton (5)

Staples Center 19,170

41–39

81

April 11

@ Utah

W 101–92

Deron Williams (23)

Dirk Nowitzki (11)

Deron Williams (6)

Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911

42–39

82

April 13

San Antonio

L 91–96

Raymond Felton (23)

Zaza Pachulia (12)

Deron Williams (7)

American Airlines Center 20,346

42–40 :

2015–16 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2016 playoff game log Total: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2) :

First Round: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

April 16

@ Oklahoma City

L 70–108

Dirk Nowitzki (18)

Pachulia, Powell (6)

Barea, Williams (3)

Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203

0–1

2

April 18

@ Oklahoma City

W 85–84

Raymond Felton (21)

Raymond Felton (11)

Deron Williams (5)

Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203

1–1

3

April 21

Oklahoma City

L 102–131

Wesley Matthews (22)

Dirk Nowitzki (5)

J. J. Barea (7)

American Airlines Center 20,150

1–2

4

April 23

Oklahoma City

L 108–119

Dirk Nowitzki (27)

Dirk Nowitzki (8)

Raymond Felton (8)

American Airlines Center 20,516

1–3

5

April 25

@ Oklahoma City

L 103–118

Dirk Nowitzki (24)

Dwight Powell (9)

Zaza Pachulia (9)

Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203

1–4 :

2016 playoff schedule :

## Player statistics

### Regular season

After all games.

Dallas Mavericks statistics :

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Justin Anderson | 55 | 9 | 11.8 | .406 | .265 | .800 | 2.4 | .5 | .3 | .5 | 3.8 |
| José Juan Barea | 74 | 16 | 22.5 | .446 | .385 | .771 | 2.1 | 4.1 | .4 | .0 | 10.9 |
| Jeremy Evans | 30 | 2 | 8.4 | .542 | .250 | .714 | 1.8 | .1 | .2 | .3 | 2.4 |
| Raymond Felton | 80 | 31 | 27.4 | .406 | .282 | .847 | 3.2 | 3.6 | .9 | .2 | 9.5 |
| Devin Harris | 64 | 0 | 20.0 | .447 | .329 | .721 | 2.2 | 1.8 | .9 | .2 | 7.6 |
| John Jenkins | 21 | 1 | 9.2 | .414 | .158 | .889 | 1.0 | .4 | .1 | .0 | 3.3 |
| David Lee | 25 | 1 | 17.3 | .636 | .000 | .738 | 7.0 | 1.2 | .4 | .6 | 8.5 |
| Wesley Matthews | 78 | 78 | 33.9 | .388 | .360 | .863 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | .2 | 12.5 |
| JaVale McGee | 34 | 2 | 10.9 | .575 | .000 | .500 | 3.9 | .1 | .1 | .8 | 5.1 |
| Salah Mejri | 34 | 6 | 11.7 | .628 | .000 | .587 | 3.6 | .3 | .2 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 75 | 75 | 31.5 | .448 | .368 | .893 | 6.5 | 1.8 | .7 | .7 | 18.3 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 76 | 69 | 26.4 | .466 | .000 | .768 | 9.4 | 1.7 | .8 | .3 | 8.6 |
| Chandler Parsons | 61 | 51 | 29.5 | .492 | .416 | .684 | 4.7 | 2.8 | .8 | .3 | 13.7 |
| Dwight Powell | 69 | 2 | 14.4 | .493 | .125 | .739 | 4.0 | .6 | .5 | .3 | 5.8 |
| Charlie Villanueva | 62 | 4 | 10.7 | .382 | .273 | .917 | 2.5 | .4 | .3 | .2 | 5.1 |
| Deron Williams | 65 | 63 | 32.4 | .414 | .344 | .869 | 2.9 | 5.8 | .9 | .2 | 14.1 |

### Playoffs

After all games.

Dallas Mavericks statistics :

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Justin Anderson | 5 | 1 | 19.0 | .459 | .333 | .643 | 4.0 | 1.4 | .8 | .6 | 9.4 |
| José Juan Barea | 4 | 2 | 25.0 | .324 | .125 | 1.000 | 1.5 | 5.0 | .0 | .0 | 6.3 |
| Raymond Felton | 5 | 4 | 34.4 | .464 | .286 | .636 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1.2 | .0 | 15.0 |
| Devin Harris | 5 | 0 | 24.2 | .500 | .308 | .500 | 2.8 | 1.6 | .6 | .0 | 7.8 |
| David Lee | 2 | 0 | 16.5 | .750 | .000 | .000 | 3.0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 6.0 |
| Wesley Matthews | 5 | 5 | 34.6 | .333 | .286 | .789 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | .0 | 13.0 |
| JaVale McGee | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | .500 | .000 | .333 | 1.5 | .0 | .5 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Salah Mejri | 4 | 1 | 19.0 | .700 | .000 | .417 | 3.3 | .3 | .8 | 1.3 | 4.8 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 5 | 5 | 34.0 | .494 | .364 | .941 | 5.0 | 1.6 | .4 | .6 | 20.4 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 5 | 4 | 22.4 | .375 | .000 | .882 | 5.4 | 3.2 | .6 | .2 | 6.6 |
| Dwight Powell | 4 | 0 | 16.0 | .474 | .000 | .545 | 4.3 | 1.0 | .3 | .0 | 6.0 |
| Charlie Villanueva | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | .250 | .200 | 1.000 | .5 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 2.3 |
| Deron Williams | 3 | 3 | 16.3 | .333 | .429 | .000 | .7 | 2.7 | .3 | .0 | 5.0 |

## Milestones

* On December 23, 2015, Dirk Nowitzki passed Shaquille O’Neal to move into sixth place on the all-time scoring list.

## Transactions

### Trades

| July 9, 2015 | To Dallas MavericksZaza Pachulia | To Milwaukee BucksFuture second-round draft pick |
| - | - | - |

### Free agents

**Re-signed**

| Player | Signed |
| - | - |
| José Juan Barea | Signed 4-year contract worth $16 million |
| Charlie Villanueva | Signed 1-year contract worth the veteran minimum |

**Additions**

| Player | Signed | Former Team |
| - | - | - |
| Brandon Ashley | Signed 3-year contract worth $2.4 million | University of Arizona |
| Samuel Dalembert | Signed 1-year contract worth the veteran minimum | New York Knicks |
| Jeremy Evans | Signed 2-year contract worth the veteran minimum | Utah Jazz |
| Jarrid Famous | Signed 3-year contract worth the veteran minimum | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| Tu Holloway | Signed 1-year contract worth the veteran minimum | Mets de Guaynabo |
| John Jenkins | Signed 3-year contract worth the veteran minimum | Atlanta Hawks |
| David Lee | Signed 1-year contract worth $2.1 million | Boston Celtics |
| Wesley Matthews | Signed 4-year contract worth $70 million | Portland Trail Blazers |
| JaVale McGee | Signed 2-year contract worth the veteran minimum | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Salah Mejri | Signed 3-year contract | Real Madrid |
| Maurice Ndour | Signed 3-year contract worth the veteran minimum | Ohio |
| Deron Williams | Signed 2-year contract worth $10 million | Brooklyn Nets |
| Jamil Wilson | Signed 3-year contract worth $2.4 million | Bakersfield Jam |

**Subtractions**

| Player | Reason Left | New Team |
| - | - | - |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | Signed 4-year contract worth $30 million | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Brandon Ashley | Waived | Texas Legends |
| Tyson Chandler | Signed 4-year contract worth $52 million | Phoenix Suns |
| Samuel Dalembert | Waived | Shanxi Zhongyu |
| Monta Ellis | Signed 4-year contract worth $44 million | Indiana Pacers |
| Jarrid Famous | Waived | Fujian Sturgeons |
| Tu Holloway | Waived | Texas Legends |
| Bernard James | Team renounced rights | Shanghai Sharks |
| Richard Jefferson | Signed 1-year contract worth $1.5 million | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| John Jenkins | Waived | Phoenix Suns |
| DeAndre Jordan | Opted out of contract; Signed 4-year contract worth $88 million | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Maurice Ndour | Waived | Real Madrid |
| Rajon Rondo | Signed 1-year contract worth $9.5 million | Sacramento Kings |
| Greg Smith | Not re-signed | Raptors 905 |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | Signed 1-year contract worth the veteran minimum | Miami Heat |
| Jamil Wilson | Waived | Texas Legends |
