I think it's a no-brainer to me. Also, the Warriors beat us recently even without Steph. I'd much rather play the Mavs. Luka is injured. But that doesn't mean he'll miss the series. As another poster had to remind us all multiple times last night, just because Luka's injury averaged 16 days for recovery this year, that doesn't mean he'll miss any games. He could be back tomorrow, he could be back in one week, or he could come back in over 2 weeks and miss a significant amount of the playoffs! You see Fishon, the average means it could be lower or higher than a set number. So if you average eating 3 pizza slices from The Pie after 10 trips, that probably means on some days you ate 2 slices and some days you ate 4 slices. It doesn't guarantee that you'll eat 3 slices.
Sorry, I just had to add some nuance there in case anyone here thought you guaranteed this board to eat 3 pizza slices from The Pie.
Having said that, a potentially less than 100 percent Luka or a Luka that can't play is majorly preferable to the Warriors who still have Green, Wiggins, Thompson, Porter, Payton, and a bunch of other athletic studs. Plus, Kerr >>> "Bump into me so I spill this drink over the court" Kidd