Mavericks victory over the Jazz makes the Mavs trail the Lakers by two games.

The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Utah Jazz 113-108 to trail the Los Angeles Lakers by two games for the 8th spot in the western conference here is a list of the standings of the western conference from 6th to 11th seeds. 6- Golden State- 40-31 - 7- Houston- 39-31 - 8- L.A. Lakers- 36-34 - 9- Utah- 34-36 2 GB 10- Dallas 34-36 2 GB 11- Portland - 33-37 3 GB In the victory for the Dallas Mavericks point guard Mike James lead in scoring with 19 points and had 5 assists. James also shot 7 out of 10 from the field and 3 out of 4 from downtown. Dirk Nowitzki scored 17 points and had 6 rebounds. Shawn Marion added 15 points and 6 rebounds. Vince Carter scored 15 off the bench. For the Utah Jazz Enes Kanter lead the Jazz in scoring with 17 points. Al Jefferson scored 15 points and had 3 rebounds. Paul Millsap added 15 points and 9 rebounds. Gordon Hayward contributed with 13 points and 5 assists. Thank you for reading my NBA Blog.