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Originally Posted by Dumars4Ever  Hopefully Rip won't play that much in every game, but if I remember right from the second quarter, he was helping to spark the big run that happened when Lindsey and Delfino were also in, as the Pistons increased their lead from 6 to 16. Rip was probably supposed to cycle out at some point in there, but with the big blitz happening, Flip decided to stick with that lineup. At least I hope that was the logic behind it. Certainly it worked in that game. |
Well the only thing I can think of is that it was coming off a week of rest, and they'll have probably 3-4 days rest after game 2 before game 3.
But in no way should RIP have played that much.