Who should play more, who less? / Tony Allen better be (merged)

[tanner]

who should play more?  rondo and especially perk.  doc's actually been playing perk less minutes now than in the regular season.  while he's still gotten into early fouls, there's no excuse for burying him on the bench for practically the entire 4Q (especially when he's played well, like the last game). 

perk's total 4th quarter minutes in 4 playoff games? 3 minutes, 57 seconds. 

it's not a new occurence and i'm glad many on this board have now realized perk should be playing in the 4th.  i hope doc realizes it too.

as to the rotation, i agree for the most part with pantitgreen, except for powe/davis.  i think davis has performed better than powe in this series.  his post defense on horford has been superior to both perk and powe. 

lastly it's important to stick to a rotation but it doesn't mean it should be set in stone as the series is played out.  playoffs are about adjustments and that may extend to which players are used in specific games and situations. 

[CoachBo]

Tony Allen against Johnson? Ugh. Too many issues on the offensive end, and we don't have the wiggle room for his brainlock with the basketball.

Use Posey more against Johnson.

But frankly, not much is going to help until the bigs stop the easy access to the rim. I agree with playing Perkins more - if and only if he understands quite clearly that he cannot let the dribble-drive get to the rim.