05-23-2024, 02:12 PM
(05-23-2024, 02:09 PM)mvossman Wrote: My biggest fear was Jokic in the post. Zubac dominated our centers and it was going to be worse with Jokic. Minny doesn't really have that kind of a post presence. I also think we match up with them really well on defense. With DJJ and PJ locking up Ant and Kat, and having rim protecting presence in the middle. When Gobert is off the floor, we just need to have Lively in (which is why it makes sense to start Gafford but give Lively more minutes).
I did NOT think Zubac dominated Lively. Gafford, yes, but not Lively. You did?
I wholeheartedly agree with everything else here. It's a good point about how even if Gobert plays less, he's going to start halves, so holding the Lively minutes to more backload him in halves makes a ton of sense.