For the second time since the NBA playoffs began, the Los Angeles Lakers are benching JaVale McGee to make a change in their starting lineup. Against the Houston Rockets, they replaced him with Markieff Morris to go small. Against the Denver Nuggets, however, they’re going more physical, inserting Dwight Howard in place of McGee.
Mike Trudell of Lakers.com was first on the news:
Dwight Howard will start at center tonight, joining LeBron, AD, KCP and Green for Game 4.