“JaVale is huge for us with that, but without him, our shell defense has to be that much tighter, we have to be moving on a string; a shot goes up, we got to be sandwich rebounding, keeping them off the glass,” Lakers coach Luke Walton said. “A lot of times we have the luxury of relying on JaVale but without him we got to really be disciplined with our defensive rotation and positioning.”
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times