http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2008030624 What do you guys notice in the Spurs-Pacers box score above? (click on the link, then read below) You'll notice how Popovich distributes the minutes between his players so evenly, while winning with a comfortable margin. No player played more than 28-29 minutes. We will need to stat thinking about resting our starters more while winning as well. With Yao out, this may be more difficult, but I feel confident in R.A.'s system, which promotes balance in the team including more even distribution of minutes between starters and bench. T-Mac, especially need to average closer to 30-32 minutes in the remainder of the season rather than 36 minutes, even if it means we win by closer margins. Taking a page out of Spurs book, it'll be up to Adelman to manage our players' minutes. I believe this is pivotal to our success once playoffs start.
