Los Angeles Lakers: Dwight Howard has become severely underrated

Dwight Howard has been fantastic for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Playoffs.

The Los Angeles Lakers did something in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals that they had not done prior: start Dwight Howard. JaVale McGee has been tasked as the Lakers’ primary starting center and Howard did not even play at all the series prior against the Houston Rockets.

In fact, Howard started only two games all season for the Lakers. He has started a combined 11 games the last two seasons. This is a rare occurrence.

Howard made the most of it as he was fantastic for the Lakers in this game. After struggling on the boards last game, Frank Vogel needed a boost on the glass and he got just that out of Howard. Howard finished with 11 boards and 13 points.

Most importantly, Howard led the way in offensive rebounds which led to second-chance points for the Lakers, which ultimately was a big reason why the team won. Howard had six of the team’s 12 offensive rebounds in Game 4, which was more than the four offensive rebounds the entire team had in Game 3.

Howard has become massively underrated in the NBA. Granted, it was his own doing, but he is still a productive rim-protector and glass cleaner at this stage of his career.

We break down Dwight Howard’s impact on the Los Angeles Lakers on the latest Lake Show Life Podcast episode:

Howard was one of the main focal points in the latest episode of the Lake Show Life Podcast.

Howard was not the only focal point of the episode, however. We also touched on the Lakers’ improvements from Game 3, Anthony Davis’ ankle injury and LeBron’s key defensive stops late in the game.

We also update the listeners on the performance of the purple and gold players. The gold players are Alex Caruso and Markieff Morris while the purple players are Gary Harris and Paul Millsap.

This episode also breaks down Game 4 and looks ahead to Game 5 and the rest of the series, answering a very important question that Laker fans may have on their mind: should the team be worried about another 3-1 comeback from the Denver Nuggets?

In that discussion, we also give our betting picks for Game 5 of the series. The Lakers are six-point favorites and the total for the game is set at 214.

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