WHAT: Dallas trying to avoid its first three game losing streak since early December.
WHERE: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. CST
HOW: Bally Sports Southwest
THE STORY: It says a lot about the current state of the Western Conference that the Mavericks have played their best basketball of the season for about two months and barely have anything to show for it in the standings. In fact, right now, they’re more in danger of falling below their current place as the fifth seed, than rising past it.