not sure.

Someone else brought this up, but why did he ONLY play 8 minutes???  3 rebounds and 1 block in 8 freaking minutes.  Please help me understand this and get off of Doc for this.

Thanks,

Smitty77

I don't think he did anything wrong.  At least that I saw.  To me, it seemed like Doc wanted a more offensively capable team out there.  Which means he went for Bass more than Stiemer (even using him at center in a very bizarre lineup that I never saw before: Pierce, Daniels, Bradley, Dooling & Bass).

I like Greg, but points were hard to come by in this one.  Since Bass was hitting his shots early on, it makes sense to give him the bulk of the minutes.

greg is a rookie, and doc doesnt trust a rookie in the playoffs in a close game

We won the game, who cares?

I mean, who's minutes would you want to take to feed greg?

He's the9th man on the bench at best, i'm not really worried about his playoff minutes. if he has a good matchup he'll play.

Have a bad foot?

Greg seems to be used to protect a lead . more than gain one.

The Celtics won and we are complaining because a player we like didn't get enough playing time??

I just don't people on this site sometimes.

I think the key is that you have to set your expectations high enough that it's impossible to be satisfied. We won? Okay, but how did we look? We looked good? Okay, but it's only one game. We've won a lot of games? Okay, but we haven't won a championship. We won a championship? Okay, but can we do it next year?

Having your favorite players out of the game fits in with the "How did we look?" question. Unless we look spectacular, people can rationalize that we would have look better with (insert literally anyone) in the game.

Watch..."It was a solid win, but I don't get why we didn't play JJJ at all. We really could have used his energy and legs. We got lucky Josh Smith got hurt because he was wearing us down late. I hope Doc doesn't keep him on the bench. We're going to lose if he does."