Head coach Frank Vogel and the Los Angeles Lakers will be facing a completely different basketball philosophy against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals than they did in the second-round matchup with the Houston Rockets.
The Rockets completely abandoned the traditional center position, instead opting for P.J. Tucker and Robert Covington to patrol the paint. However, the Nuggets have two seven-footers, including perhaps the best center in the NBA in Nikola Jokic.
In order to defeat the Nuggets, L.A. will have to rely more on size and strength, rather than length and speed.