What if PP and KG were still here and PP was stinking the court, can Brad pull them out?
I hope so.
Yep, because it's always a good coaching decision to bank on Chris Wilcox and Courtney Lee winning you the game, as opposed to Pierce and Garnett playing better in the second half.
Kidd did it and he said he should have kept them benched 
Just because Garnett and Pierce lost the game doesn't mean that the backups would have won it. You win and lose by your star players. Your best bet at winning is making sure your best players play their best, not yanking them around every game.
Also, Brooklyn's problem seems to be they try to rely too much on two guys who're clearly too old to carry the load. The Nets aren't going to win unless Lopez and Williams are the workhorses on the team -- and this isn't happening, it seems.