Winners of eight of their last nine, the Dallas Mavericks are red-hot returning home to face the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday in the second half of a back-to-back. The Mavericks began their week Sunday with a win over the Western Conference-leading Los Angeles Lakers. The 114-100 victory in Los Angeles offered an early suggestion about this young Dallas team's place in the NBA pecking order, as coach Rick Carlisle detailed to Mavs.com.