Lopez does his job on a nightly basis. His job isn't to score 15-20. He's there to defend the toughest big guy and to anchor the D. Bring energy, set hard screens. He does all of that.

We're pretty stacked up front. Sure our front court players could score a bit more, they seem to miss plenty of easy open shots around the basket, but I can live with that.

The problem with this team is the lack of scoring in the backcourt and the lack of lineup consistency with Fisher. If you want to run the Triangle, you need consistent lineups that know each other really well.

Most of the big leads we've given up this season have been with Lopez on the bench. Whatever flaws there are in Lopez's game, when he's on the court, we are usually in the game. That kind of impact is hard to replace.