L.A. Clippers at Cleveland Cavaliers
Team Totals: Clippers 103, Cavs 108.5
Injury Report: Caris LeVert (Q, foot) Lauri Markkanen (Q, ankle), Dean Wade (Q, knee), Rajon Rondo (D, ankle), Clippers didn’t submit yet
Clippers projected starters: Reggie Jackson, Amir Coffey, Marcus Morris, Nicolas Batum, Ivica Zubac
Cavs projected starters: Darius Garland, Isaac Okoro, Lauri Markkanen, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley
Lue quotes: Talked about the defensive adjustments and the defense keeping them in it, nothing too specific on players, said Amir needs to take more shots and drive to the basket.
Bickerstaff quotes: Said he didn’t know what happened to Lauri and didn’t know what happened to Garland’s hand, said Mobley did a good job against Vooch.
Stats and Notes:
*The Cavs are not defending all that well these days while the Clippers have been one of the better defenses since the break. This game should be slower, and there’s probably at least one Clipper sitting out here.
*The Cavs having so many Q tags makes this really tricky. It sounds like LeVert has a chance to return, but we don’t have much on Wade and Markkanen. It’s noteworthy this is the same right ankle Markkanen hurt last month, so he may be a bit unlikely to open up some minutes. If Markkanen and Wade can’t go, they would probably have to go to Ed Davis.
*Darius Garland and Evan Mobley get some bad matchups here. We know Lue is going to trap the heck out of Garland, so this is a really tough spot for him. Mobley is a slightly better option despite Zubac playing better defense.
*There’s also a chance the Clippers are resting guys here, so it’s tough to address them. We’ll hit it more on the content later today.
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