Looking at the various Cavaliers lineups for the first half, the most effective lineup of those that were on the floor for 100 possessions or more was:
Sexton, Garland, Okoro, Wade, and Allen with a +12.5 points per 100 possessions. That puts them in the 75th percentile of lineups league-wide. This is the lineup that started the last five games.
The only other 100+ possession lineup that had a positive +/- in the first half was Dotson, Okoro, Osman, Nance, and Drummond at +4.5. This lineup was used when Sexton or Garland (or both) were injured. Despite no point guard it did all right. I doubt if we’ll see it again (with Allen in Drummond's spot) unless there’s an injury to Garland or Sexton.
For this exercise I eliminated the lineups that involve players who are no longer on the team like Drummond and Exum.
Taking the most successful lineup and subbing Prince for Wade also was pretty good, outscoring opponents by 10.5 points in 94 possessions. However, if you take that lineup and put Cedi in for Prince/Wade it’s a -6.2 in 46 possessions. To sum it up....
Sexton, Garland, Okoro, Allen, Wade +12.5
Sexton, Garland, Okoro, Allen, Prince +10.5
Sexton, Garland, Okoro, Allen, Osman -6.2
However, if you take that last quintet and put Windler in for Okoro you get:
Sexton, Garland, Windler, Allen, Osman +20.0 (in only 20 possessions)
The biggest positive numbers came in very small sample sizes but might be worth looking at more:
Garland, Okoro, Osman, Wade, Allen +98.3 (in 15 possessions). I’d like to see more of this when Sexton gets a rest. Yeah, it's only 15 possessions but they're earned some more minutes.
Sexton, Osman, Prince, Nance, Allen +72.2 (in 18 possessions). When Garland sits down JBB may want to see this lineup some more.
Individually, the player with the best +/- was Dante Exum with a +14.4 points per 100 possessions. He only played 112 minutes, however.
Second is Nance at +8.6 followed by Wade at +8.3, Sexton at +7.3, and Allen at +4.6. The only other player in the positive was Drummond at +0.5. Garland just missed at -0.2.
The negatives are Prince at -0.8, Dotson at -2.1, Windler at -2.4, Okoro at -2.5, Osman at -4.5, McGee at -5.7, and Stevens at -14.4.
Kevin Love only played 46 minutes but he was a +24.4.
Based on the individual numbers it seems the best lineup might be Sexton, Garland, Prince, and Allen with either Love or Nance at PF.
Or move Nance to small forward and go with a supersized lineup of Sexton, Garland, Nance, Love, and Allen. I can’t wait to see this one, with either Love or Wade at PF.