Russell Westbrook / Thabo Sefolosha / Kevin Durant / Jeff Green / Nenad Krstic
VS
Tyreke Evans / Donte Green / Omri Casspi / Carl Landry / Spencer Hawes
Matchup
We haven't played these guys since November and both teams look significantly different. Our bench is completely overhauled, and Sacramento of course has a drastically different lineup with no Kevin Martin (and no Jason Thompson now either).
I can't figure out who is starting for SAC at SG so I just put Donte Green, who ESPN is assuming will get the start. But Ime Udoka started a game recently, and they still have Beno Udrih. And Francisco Garcia is healthy, too. So who knows what kind of lineup they'll use.
Thabo will likely get the assignment on Evans. Evans has not fared well against Thabo, shooting sub 40% in our two meetings. Evans is the exact type of player Thabo does well against.. bigger guard without elite explosiveness. While not an entirely favorable matchup, it's not so bad either.
Carl Landry always kills us but SAC doesn't really scare me on the boards with their front court, Hawes isn't a nightmare matchup for Krstic. Their bench has some good versatile defenders (Garcia, Udoka).
Some Numbers
With 24 games left and a murderer's row to end the year, we have to take these games at home.
A Question
In the last Sacramento game thread we were hoping Russ would get to 2:1 A:TO. He's now at 2.5:1 and rising. KD gets a lot of credit for our recent surge, how much do you think is actually Russ' doing?
