(09-20-2020, 07:09 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Really? Looks more like the Lakers are going small again. Started Javal. Benched him. AD played center. Benched AD. Now they are playing without any bigman. LeBron and Morris defending the paint. Howard did not play a single minute so far.
I wouldn't consider the Lakers small if AD is at center, especially with Lebron in the game too.
Its sort of a new definition of small when it can include Anthony Davis near 7 feet with a huge wingspan.
In terms of front line size, McGee played 11 and Howard 12 so each of them played Boban-ish type minutes by themselves for 23 total. That goes on top of AD who played 39 minutes fully countering Jokic's 38 minutes by himself.
AD's length came directly into play when he took that last shot and Jokic fully extended to try and block or bother it but Davis's length made it a fully clean stroke for the win.
They can go small when they want to, but the Lakers 2020 were and are a BIG team.