Gary Payton II has been upgraded from rotation player to starter.
, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green, an indication that the Dubs will start out small against a larger Lakers squad.
This change is a bit of a surprise. The 30-year-old guard's minutes this postseason haven't exactly been consistent, particularly in this series. He hasn't played more than 12 minutes and 50 seconds in one game, and that was in Game 3, when the game was decided well before the final buzzer. In the Dubs' lone win against the Lakers, he played a mere 8:44.this February in the first place.
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