I will be neutral on this opinion because there are good and bad things that happened with Lassiter out for the finals.
One good reason is that, some of the local guards of SMB stepped up like Romeo, Pessumal, Cabagnot and Ross and take note they are shooting threes and good defenders too. They can do what Lassiter can do too.
One bad reason maybe is that the three points of Lassiter can affect the team but like I said, the local guards stepped up in the playoffs and did well in Game 4.

Overall, they are still the same but I don't like how they play in the past 3 games. Full of flops and physicality. Maybe the physicality is considerable but the flops?? I don't think so. Game 4 is a clean win for SMB. No Flops but there are some physicality which is normal already in Finals.