How often do you suppose Big Al Jefferson has felt small in his life?

“Not often,” Kevin McHale siad. “But he will tonight.”

McHale is keeping with his philosophy of sticking with his set rotations in every situation, which means 6-9 Jefferson draws 7-6 Yao Ming tonight.

McHale said he likely will have to play “some other guys” to help keep Jefferson out of foul trouble.

That means you might see Jason Collins for the first time since McHale replaced Randy Wittman or you might see Mark Madsen.

Or both.

Also, Mike Miller re-sprained that right ankle he hurt in Orlando a couple weeks ago in a nasty fall when he stepped on someone’s foot going for a layup. The word is his return is  “questionable” tonight, but it looked bad enough that it might just keep him out like it did for four games recently.

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