Don’t let the Dallas Mavericks get home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, Western Conference.
OK, so maybe that’s a little (a lot) premature to say. But, the Mavs, who entered Tuesday only three games back of fourth place in the conference, are a team to be reckoned with inside the American Airlines Center. Simply making the playoffs would be a feat in itself.
For what it’s worth, Dallas, which held the No. 8 seed prior to its tip against Portland, was also only 1.5 games away from 14th-place in the conference-o-clutter before Tuesday’s slate.