Points, Murray, 21.2 per game; rebounds, Poeltl, 9.2; assists, Murray, 9.3; steals, Murray, 2.1; blocks, Poeltl, 1.7Points, Doncic, 28.5 per game; rebounds, Doncic, 9.1; assists, Doncic, 8.7; steals, Finney-Smith/Doncic, 1.1; blocks, Kleber, 1.0Doncic is the NBA's third-leading scorer. He is not expected to play, having drawn an automatic one-game suspension after picking up his 16th technical foul of the season in Dallas' 50-point win over Portland on Friday.
Though no plan has been revealed for Sunday’s regular-season finale in Dallas, it is possible all four starters return for a final tune-up before the start of the play-in tournament. In order to make that happen, they needed to sweep a season-ending, back-to-back against Golden State and Dallas, while the Pelicans lost out in against Memphis and Golden State.“The more guys we have the better, but we’re always going to be confident we can go out and win,” Collins said.Poeltl’s absence from Saturday’s contest gave Collins his fourth start of the season.
After an 18-month layoff, however, Collins acknowledged the more playing time the better as he attempts to work through rust.