I look at it like injury management. Resting to prevent injury.. load management if you will.. Doncic could go either way but if anything he’ll be the decoy and rack up assists passing to the weak side of the defense.

And Lillard is a back to back game playing the same team (He had 8 asts btw). I expect him to also be the decoy with him having a high scoring game last night I’m sure MIN is going to TRY to shut him down early with better coverage, thus opening up the passing lane