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Game 5 storylines: Mavs’ rebounding strategies, plus Jazz’s energy from Bogey

When he saw Luka Donu010diu0107 get his first action of the playoffs on Saturday, Utah backup center Hassan Whiteside sort of felt like things were returning to normal.

“I think it was a little more familiar,” Whiteside said Monday morning after Utah’s shootaround at American Airlines Center. “We were a lot more familiar with Luka being out there. It was more of a familiar face.”

Familiar, but not necessarily easier to deal with or preferable to Jalen Brunson or Spencer Dinwiddie penetrating into the paint and causing fits like they did for the first three games of the series.