PG: Mike Conley 15' - 12.6
SG: Reggie Miller 00' - 12.9
SF: James Posey 04' - 9.4
PF: Peja Stojakovic 03' - 14.4
C: Kevin Garnett 05' - 16.6
Bench:C - Rudy Gobert 22' - 7.7
F - Scottie Pippen 01' - 9.3
G/F - Royce O'Neale 20' - 5.1
88/88
PG: Mike Conley 37 / Scottie Pippen 11
SG: Reggie Miller 37 / Royce O'Neale 11
SF: James Posey 30 / Scottie Pippen 13 / Royce O'Neale 3 / Peja 2
PF: Peja Stojakovic 34 / Kevin Garnett 14
C: Kevin Garnett 24 / Rudy Gobert 24
Vs
Myles Turner (36) / Jonathan Isaac (12)
Karl Malone (38) / Joe Ingles (8) / Jonathan Isaac (2)
Jimmy Butler (38) / Joe Ingles (10)
Ray Allen (38) / Joe Ingles (10)
John Stockton (36) / Delon Wright (12)
Matchup:- Defensive assignments: Garnett vs Malone, Peja vs Turner, Reggie vs Stockton, Conley/Pippen vs Allen, Posey vs Butler. When Pippen or O'Neale is in, they take Allen/Butler and Conley guards Stockton.
- We match up well here. Garnett is the perfect counter for Malone, and the Peja Garrnett frontcourt pairing is a nightmare matchup for Malone Turner - it will force old Malone to have an exceptional series on both ends on the floor, and the spacing from both will force Turner out of the paint. Defensive assignments are quite fluid, as Pippen and O'Neale can have a large role on his wings, so that Conley spends a lot of time on Stockton and distrupts their offense, and Reggie may see some Butler.
- Garnett is the best player in this series by a decent margin with old Malone and Bulls Butler, and Garnett is in his prime years, he is set for a great series on both sides. This version of Conley is also better than 01' Stockton. This version of Reggie is still elite, him leading Indy for 1st seed in East plus NBA finals. Gobert off the bench is a huge privilege and will create an intimidating defensive duo with KG, and all three of our bench guys are superb defensive difference makers.
- I believe while starting lineups depth is similar and while we have the best player, we have the depth advantage with a great bench vs only ok bench for Laimbeer.
