PG: Chris Paul 20' - 12.7
SG: Mitch Richmond 96' - 16.9
SF: James Posey 04' - 9.4
PF: Kevin Durant 13' - 17.7
C: Marc Gasol 13' - 10.9
Bench: James Harden 12' - 10.1
Bench: Robert Horry 05' - 5.0
Bench: Boris Diaw 13' - 4.4
87.1/88
Rotation:PG: Chris Paul 38 / James Harden 10
SG: Mitch Richmond 32 / James Harden 16
SF: James Posey 30 / Robert Horry 16 / Mitch Richmond 2
PF: Kevin Durant 38 / Boris Diaw 8 / Robert Horry 2
C: Marc Gasol 38 / Boris Diaw 10
vs
PG: Terry Porter (36) / Alex Caruso (12)
SG: Clyde Drexler (32) / Jeff Hornacek (8) / Alex Caruso (8)
SF: Bruce Bowen (26) / Jeff Hornacek (16) / Clyde Drexler (6)
PF: Karl Malone (38) / Chet Holmgren (6) / Bruce Bowen (4)
C: Rudy Gobert (34) / Chet Holmgren (14)
Matchup:- Defensive assignments: Paul vs Porter, Posey vs Drexler, Richmond vs Bowen, Durant vs Gobert, Gasol vs Malone.
- We match up well here. Gobert can be covered by either Durant or Gasol, and Gasol should be highly effective in this matchup. On the other hand, he doesn't really have a good option to throw at Durant, with Malone lacking the perimeter versatility and Bowen lacking size.
- Gobert-Malone are non ideal fit especially besides Drexler, whereas we feature a team of 8 spacers. Paul-Durant two man game will be deadly, flanked by Richmond and Gasol as very capable third-fourth options, and Harden as 6MOY contributor. Our ball movement in particular is superior with Paul, Gasol, Harden, Diaw as elite passers.
- He has a nice bench, but features two low threats in the starting lineup (Bowen, Gobert), while Posey is much more capable than Bowen as an offensive threat, as well as Gasol vs Gobert. We still have one of the best benches in the game, with Harden as possibly the best bench player in the matchup, and two very high level contributors in Horry and Diaw who are more comparable to Bowen/Gobert/Caruso offensively.
