![]() Sometimes it’s a five-man lineup that suggests a team is starting to find its identity, like the Kings’ small-ball lineup that runs De’Aaron Fox, Buddy Hield, and rookie Tyrese Haliburton alongside Harrison Barnes and Richaun Holmes. Sometimes it’s a unit propped up by the heroics of a singular superstar, like an injury-wrecked Blazers lineup that rests on the shoulders of Damian Lillard. This season, for example, the lineups that have outscored opponents by the largest number of points are the preferred starting fives of the 76ers, Jazz, Clippers, and Lakers-the teams with the four best records in the NBA. ![]() These carefully curated five-man units represent the cream of the league’s crop-all marquee names and central-casting role players anchoring teams with a real shot of hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy. The list of the NBA’s best lineups often maps fairly neatly to the top of the standings.
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