Come on man... 4th and 1st place in the West was decided by 6 games... BOS won the East by 14 games... Had they played a full West schedule there is little doubt they'd be the 1 seed in the West by at least a 4 game margin...
And guys like Wemby, Chet, Joker, LM, KAT, Turner, NAZ, Horford, etc can hardly be called "bigs" anymore... they play, shoot, space, switch and move more like wings that rebound long 3s.