[Stardust]

One thing about Mike Brown is that he is a great defensive coach, he proved that with his time in Cleveland. Now that he has the best defensive player in the NBA in Howard on his team the Lakers have the defense to beat OKC and Miami.

Anybody who watched the OKC/Lakers series know that the main area that the Thunder beat them was at the rim. yes Durant hit several jumpers(he does that to every team), but the Thunder took the ball to the rim, drew defenders, got fouled. With Howard there will be less going to the rim for them. Westbrook, Ibaka, even Durant killed the lakers at the rim.

I am not saying the lakers will beat them but the Thunder gotta rely on somethingelse other than attacking.

yeah Westbrook can drive, draw, and dish but with Howard and a defensive coach like brown the Lakers should have a solid defensive team that can rotate when players like Howard pick up Westbrook when he gets in the paint.

They killed the Magic at the rim in their 2-0 record versus Orlando and D-Howard as well.