Finney-Smith’s stint at center may not be sustainable, but it has been vital.
As a power forward, Dorian Finney-Smith is undersized. As a center, which he’s been forced to play early on this season due to injuries, he’s downright Hobbit-esque.Almost from the moment starting center Nic Claxton sprained his ankle in the opening-night loss to the Cavaliers, teams have tried to test the Nets in the paint. And Finney-Smith has answered those questions with the same aplomb as when teammate Dennis Smith Jr. crashed a recent interview.
Better health, open transition looks from Ben Simmons and the five-out lineups underpinned by Finney-Smith in the halfcourt have combined to spur a bounceback start to the season.Friday marked a different challenge against noted Nets killer Nikola Vucevic, listed at 6-foot-10 and 260 pounds. But Vucevic was limited to 13 points and 13 rebounds as
“Well, I played my whole career, but it was kind of like a wrinkle when we go through the middle of the game or something like that,” Finney-Smith said. In Friday night’s win, Finney-Smith scored a team-high 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting — including making five of nine tries from 3.
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