Dallas Mavericks dance into Oklahoma City Thunders' heads

playCharlie Villanueva and Justin Anderson tried to interrupt the pregame Russell Westbrook and Cameron Payne dance routine. (0:13)However improbable, Charlie Villanueva, Cameron Payne and Justin Anderson rank high on the matchup checklist for Game 3 of the Dallas Mavericks-Oklahoma City Thunder series. It has nothing to do with #podiumgame performances. It's more about the NBA platform -- the ability of this league to accent the absurd and the playoffs' tendency to magnify the minute. That's how all three have been thrust into the spotlight by a dance routine.

This is about Russell Westbrook, too, of course. The rest are only discussion topics because they entered his orbit. But when…