12-13-2007, 05:42 PM
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| Re: At Houston Dec. 12th, 8:00 PM
Here we go with explanations on the bench minutes: Quote:
"I feel I didn't do a good enough job getting Arron (Afflalo) and some of those guys back in there," coach Flip Saunders said. "But, there were a couple of things. One, we played so well early and when a group is playing that well, you don't want to just change it. Normally, I would have taken Rip, Tay (Prince) or Chauncey, two of those guys, out earlier.
"Two, we took a calculated guess at the start of the fourth quarter. We had the ball and I thought we could maybe deliver a punch there and be able to take the starters out with eight minutes left and rest the guys."
| And on Flip being in in the 4th quarter: Quote: |
"He hadn't been playing and we thought he'd bring some great energy," Saunders said. "And with Lindsey, we talked about not playing him much in back-to-backs and we've played a lot of games these past couple of weeks. We wanted to give Flip an opportunity."
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