Welcome to NBA Matchups! We’ll be digging in on the stats, quotes, news and other information here that’ll help you set your lineups. We’re kicking it off with a gigantic 13-game slate, so we’ll have to approach this slate a little differently.
For this edition, I prioritized digging up some quotes from coaches around the league to help you get a better idea of their rotations and usage for certain players. In coming NBA Matchups, it might be a little more stat/note heavy.
Charlotte Hornets at Cleveland Cavaliers
Team Totals: Hornets 108, Cavs 105.5
Injury Report: Grant Riller (O, knee), Matthew Dellavedova (O, head), Dante Exum (O, hip), Kevin Love (O, calf), Kevin Porter Jr. (O, personal)
Hornets projected starters: Devonte’ Graham, Terry Rozier, Gordon Hayward, P.J. Washington, Cody Zeller
Cavs projected starters: Darius Garland, Collin Sexton, Isaac Okoro, Larry Nance Jr., Andre Drummond
Borrego quotes: Said Gordon Hayward practiced and it was a positive day, said P.J. Washington has to get in better shape and play at his peak, said on LaMelo he’s not asking him to be perfect, he’s asking for growth, said COVID-19 was a major deal for Malik Monk and he has to get his conditioning up to speed.
Bickerstaff quotes: Said the team is preparing to play without Love, said Love was doing treatment around the clock last week, kept Sexton at six-minute stints in last preseason game after ankle injury.
Stats and Notes:
*In eight starts at forward last year, Larry Nance averaged 14.0 points, 10.9 boards, 2.9 dimes, 1.6 steals and 0.9 blocks.
*Borrego didn’t run LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier and Devonte’ Graham together in the preseason.
*P.J. Washington played 26 minutes at the five (14/6/6 per 36 in that time, for what it’s worth).
*Bickerstaff did use 13 minutes of a Nance and Thon Maker frontcourt in the preseason.
*Darius Garland had a fairly impressive preseason, and doing so without Collin Sexton was a big positive. Without Sexton last year, Garland was at a woeful 43.3 TS% on a 22.5 usage rate (53.3 TS%, 18.9 without). He had a 30.4 usage rate in the preseason with 12.5% of his shots coming in the mid-range (20% last year).
*Andre Drummond’s per 36 in the preseason was 23/19/3 over 58 minutes. He could crush this Charlotte court, especially with Love out.
New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers
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