Six games and four starting fives

Avery Johnson used the fourth different starting lineup in six games tonight. This change was in the backcourt again, as Trenton Hassell opened with JJ Barea. Devin Harris left the team for the day to attend to a personal matter. Eddie Jones was in uniform, but didn’t start.

“We want to get to a point where we can get one lineup that we can depend on night in and night out,” Johnson said. “Obviously, injuries or in Devin’s situation, having to leave for family reasons, you can’t necessarily plan on that stuff. At some point we hope to have a string of games where can have the same lineup out there consistently.”

That may be Tuesday for Philadelphia’s visit to Dallas. Harris will be back and Jones may be ready to go then, too.