MidMountain wrote:It's hard to play well missing two starters. Then Jokic goes down and the entire starting front court is out. The bench players are not starters for a reason. Simply put, they are not as good. Juancho is not starting material yet. He looked lost out there, especially when he needed to play both the 3 and the 4. Jefferson was rusty, but at least played fundamentally sound defense. His veteran leadership may be very important if Jokic & Chandler miss extensive time.
I wonder what the lineups will be on Saturday?
C: Plumlee / Faried
PF: Lyles / Juancho
SF: Barton/Jefferson
SG: Harris / Barton
PG: Murray / Mudiay
Maybe and guessing what Malone will do is worse than playing PowerBall. But I'll take a shot with the assumption that Malone will focus on the starting lineup and using whoever's left off the bench. That appears to be his approach.
C: Plumlee/Lyles
PF: Faried/Hernangomez/Lyles
SF: Barton/Hernangomez/Jefferson
SG: Harris/Barton
PG: Murray/Barton/Mudiay