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[QUOTE="TheOrangeBuddha, post: 199841, member: 157"]
Not sure why it has taken this long for the staff to realize that it is NOT good for Kris Joseph, C.J. Fair and Scoop to play the ENTIRE second half of every game.  Boeheim at least admitted so in his post-game press conference (when asked about C.J.'s knee - said he was probably tired and that he wanted to get Keita and Southerland more time in 2nd halves).
 
If the intention is to have these three guys play the super majority of every 2nd half, then the staff needs to get creative and get them some rest in and around the automatic television timeouts (thus increasing the time to rest without a missing too much game time).  I personally would like to see Southerland, or God forbid Christmas, be given some spot minutes in the 2nd half of games to allow Joseph and Fair to get some much needed rest.  Further, there is simply no reason not to bring Triche back for a few minutes around the midway point of the 2nd half in order to get Scoop some rest.  What's the point of having a deep team if we aren't going to use the bench in the 2nd half of our games?
 
There is absolutely no reason for anyone on this team to be playing 32+ minutes a night.  None.  Our defense is better when its more active, and its clearly more active when the guys playing it haven't been on the court the entire game.  Further, the increased energy should assist with our outside shooting woes.  With our depth, we shouldn't have players that are dragging even a bit during games. 
 
Happy for the win, but seeing a bad trend that has to stop.
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