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Brad Townsend had an article in the DMN.  He was guessing a starting lineup change may be coming.  He didn't think it would be Kleber or Exum due to concerns with their injury history.  He speculated that it could be Gafford for Lively.  Thoughts on that?

Based on trends I wouldn't be surprised. Lively since coming back from his nose break is down to 19.6mpg vs. the 26mpg he was getting before. It'd be the incorrect choice to sit him down. Anyone watching hasn't ever brought up Lively to be the issue. The Mavs starting lineup has been great so far post TDL too. 

I posted this a bit earlier but:

Luka, Kyrie, Green, PJ, Lively in just 72 minutes

Offensive Rating: 133.3
Defensive Rating: 112.9
Net Rating: +20.4

The only issue is Kidd likes to play with this group for the first 4 minutes of the quarter before he brings in THJ. Then its been some combo of Luka+THJ with Green or Kyrie with PJ and Lively. Then Gafford comes in shortly after. 

Why he'd want to mess with the starting lineup I have no clue.