In the NBA playoffs many coaches shorten their bench.

For the Sixers, this has meant less time for rookie Marreese Speights, who averaged just 7.5 minutes in the first two games and hasn’t played at all since.

The problem, according to coach Tony DiLeo, is Orlando’s power forward, Rashard Lewis.

“We like him a lot,” DiLeo said of Speights. “We want to get him in there. The only problem we have is they play Rashard Lewis at the 4 spot a lot and that’s a tough guard for Speights, who’s used to playing an inside player and all of an sudden go out and guard an outside player. We’re going to try to find some way to get him in the game, especially if we’re struggling offensively.”

In 79 regular season games, Speights averaged 7.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in 16 minutes a game.