The bench plays way too much

[KeepRondo]

I thought when I looked at the box score I would see that KO had 37 or more minutes. For a guy as on as he was, how does Stevens not play him more in that game? Then Sully has a great 3rd quarter and then sits the next 9 mins? Rondo sits the first 6 mins of the fourth? That's asking a lot for him to find his rhythm in enough time before it gets to crunch time.

Some might disagree but I think these guys are our best players. If you compare the minutes, the Cavs played their best players 41, 41 and 37 minutes. KO, Sully and Rondo played 31, 31 and 28.

This is my one time post game rant. Just tired of Stevens icing our players and sticking with the bench so much.

[BballTim]

  I'd agree with that. It killed our momentum and let Cleveland get on a roll we couldn't stop. Whether they're our best 3 players or not they were last night and shouldn't have played the fewest minutes of the starters. It's one thing to sit a starter a little longer when the backup's playing well, that wasn't happening though.

[MBunge]

Thornton played well though, and Avery not so much, but Thornton only got about 19 minutes.

Stevens does seem to do a poor job of adjusting his rotations based on what is happening in the game.

Mike