re: CJ had some timely buckets

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The stats show that Zion and BI as a pairing actually have a really good defensive rating

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While the stats do say that, you know they are not the reason for that, right?
No one would ever say either of them are even average defenders.

The starting lineup actually has a -NetRtg
114.1 ORtg vs 115.4 DRtg

The starting lineup with Dyson instead of CJ was
135.7 ORtg vs 115.1 DRtg

Those are the two most played 5 man lineups by a good bit.

and really the best NetRtg are when it's JV/BI/Zion with any 2 combination of Herb/Dyson/Hawkins/Naji

We are a worst team NetRtg when JV goes off the court. The only other two players that have a similar influence like that are Herb and Naji, and while we don't have a negative NetRtg when Jose is off, the difference between our NetRtg when he's on vs off is the greatest difference on the team, so you can really say Jose has been the biggest difference maker on the team, which is exactly what you want from your spark plug off the bench. His numbers don't look like that if he was a starter.