Two games into the Western Conference finals and all the Mavericks have won is the home-court advantage.

Nobody need remind the them about the chance they have and how fleeting the opportunity can be as the series moves to Dallas.

A year ago, the Mavericks were all giddy after splitting two games at Sacramento to start the second round. Then the Kings won two close games in Dallas and wrapped up the second-round series in five games.

The Mavericks say they will draw on the hard lessons from that series going into Friday's Game 3 with the San Antonio Spurs at the American Airlines Center. The teams split the first two games at the SBC Center.