PG: Tyrese Haliburton 25' - 13.8
SG: Jrue Holiday 21' - 13.9
SF: Paul George 18' - 17.0
PF: Kevin Durant 17' - 16.5
C: Rudy Gobert 24' - 8.1
Bench: Tayshaun Prince 03' - 3.0
Bench: Harrison Barnes 15' - 8.0
Bench: Serge Ibaka 12' - 7.4
Rotation:PG: Tyrese Haliburton 38 / Jrue Holiday 10
SG: Jrue Holiday 28 / Paul George 14 / Tasyhaun Prince 6
SF: Paul George 24 / Harrison Barnes 18 / Prince 4 / Durant 2
PF: Kevin Durant 36 / Serge Ibaka 12
C: Rudy Gobert 34 / Serge Ibaka 14
87.7/88
Vs
Marc Gasol (34) / Isaiah Hartenstein (14)
Dirk Nowitzki (38) / James Posey (10)
Mikal Bridges (38) / James Posey (10)
Devin Booker (30) / James Posey (10) / Norman Powell (8)
Luka Doncic (38) / Devin Booker (10)
Matchup - Defensive assignments: Haliburton on Mikal, Holiday on Booker, George on Luka, Durant on Dirk, Gobert on Gasol. Ibaka sees some time on Dirk as well.
- Holiday, George, Prince are all great options to throw at Luka with occasional Barnes and Durant. I think we comfortably get the best of the Durant-Dirk matchup.
- Booker in 2020 wasn't much of a defender and not much of a playmaker either. Haliburton is a playmaking mastermind not less than Luka, but having Holiday as a second facilitator is meaningful.
- I don't see how they match up against us. We have too many perimeter threats while there is only one Mikal. Luka and younger Booker are going to be exposed, while Dirk needs to defend in space.
- Gasol 2020 is also older and much less reliable in the role of filling all defensive holes.
- Haliburton leading an offense with shooters all around him including two of the best shooters in recent history in George and Durant, plus an elite vertical threat in Gobert, is going to be pretty damn hard to stop.
- I think we win the bench comparison with three high level contributors in contenders/champions with rookie Powell on the other side who is very raw.
