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Originally Posted by mac222b
Sit the vets they sat last night against the Lakers. Sit Barnes against the Rockets. Not that that guarantees a loss either way. I think we can still beat some of these teams with our vets sitting just by virtue of Rick and young hungry legs. But it would've more likely led to 2 losses instead of a split
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This is very true too. Against a worse opponent the tank effort has to be better. Memphis wasn't fooling around. They were down by 25 pts going into the 4th qtr vs ATL, they did not let their starters back in for significant minutes. If Memphis is playing a bottom 8 team that competes with them for lottery balls, they limit Gasol's minutes. They don't do it vs GSW, but then play them his usual minutes vs PHX. They don't do it like that. They're smart about it.
Granted, HOU let the Mavs hang around last night. But, that happens some times. All you can do is plan ahead & see how it rolls out. I guess be mindful that some teams like the Thunder play down to their competition too.