" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"] - by Adesina O. Koiki A Lot of Sports Talk editor-in-chief Follow @Koiki_Sport Follow @ALOST_Official DALLAS — Whether getting inside of the top six in the Western Conference actually proves to be advantageous for the Dallas Mavericks in the long run remains to be seen,