If I had to pick one or the other. I shut down Haliburton and let those other guys do what they want, and Detroit wins in 6.
Haliburton really struggled the first two months of the season and Indiana struggled at 16-18. He started to turn things around about new years and since then they are 30-13.
Those guys (minus Carlisle) you mention are good at playing their role, but they need Haliburton to set the table for them. They become very average if you can slow Haliburton down.
I like Ausar guarding Hali a lot more than him guarding a healthy Brunson. He only played in 3 of the Indiana games, and all 3 he still had minute restrictions. He played 19, 21, and 11 minutes.
They will be a healthy underdog to both teams.
He has until May 28th to decide on the NBA or college.
The two best draft guys in the media have him at 28 and 62. So some disagreement on how well he translates to the NBA.
The injury report has Cade as questionable. I think he has been listed as doubtful, so this is a small improvement.
Harris is listed as out with right heel soreness.
They would want controlling interest in that scenario. If they have to skedaddle Intel isn't going to offer a soft landing spot. Especially if TSMC has already shown them how to properly run a foundry.
Most feel this is TSMC pushing their lower end GPU chips onto Intel. That way it opens up space at TSMC for the bleeding edge AI GPU chips.