"I'm very happy with it," coach Jordi Fernandez said. "You look at our starting group finish that second quarter, how they performed, how Ben started pushed the ball and then how Dennis took charge of the group . . . I feel comfortable [with it]."
Simmons aggressively drove for a pair of layups and drew a charge in the first quarter. He stayed on the attack, ending the first half with a tip-in on a lob from Schroder.
Because of his back issues, he's only played 57 games the last two seasons. Schroder, 31, also is coming off a summer playing in the Olympics with Germany so he also shouldn't log heavy minutes.
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