When doc gives him consistent first AND second half minutes. He played great in the first half...so.... Lets hardly give him minutes and not run any plays for him in the second half!! Sounds great doc!
You know, my first reaction was "he didn't get many minutes in the second half", as well.
However, I think we were fooled because Green was pretty invisible out there. He played a 7:10 stretch in the third quarter, another 7:01 in the fourth, and 3:19 in overtime.
In those 17.5 minutes, he produced four points on 1-for-3 shooting. I'm not sure it's fair to blame Doc for that.
Haha its funny because i wrote that off my first reaction...Thought about it...And was like well wait, wasn't he in our lineup most of the second half?
So, I'm not sure its fair either but they could have certainly ran more plays for him when he was having a good game and Pierce was not.
This "running more plays" thing certainly has some effect, but I think it's nowhere near the impact people make it out to be. "Not running plays" for someone simply cannot turn an All-Star into a 9th man, which is what many are claiming is happening. Maybe it could in the very specific circumstance of a 1 dimensional catch-and-shoot off of screens type of player in that if you never run that play that player may not show up. But Green is not that kind of player. Even if plays aren't being run for him, he needs to grab rebounds, etc.
Also, I just don't believe we're not running plays for him. Everyone: players, Doc, etc. all are saying they want Green to be more aggressive. Simply, he is not running plays for himself. He's not grabbing boars for putbacks. He's not making cuts off the ball to get open. When he touches the ball, he isn't making plays happen, even though EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING THEY WANT HIM TO.