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It did have a lot to do with "when they were rested." You're absolutely right. I have no idea why they didn't do match ups in rest for the Bucks, based on who they were assigned to guard. You could see that at the end of the 3rd quarter, and the start of the 4th, Bud was in panic mode, as he left his front line players in and they ended up being gassed from the middle of the quarter on. He hasn't got the ability to make good decisions on time management for his players.Lots of truth in what you say TW, but this whole minutes discussion just doesn't have dramatic numbers attached. Every team rests their star players during the year, with some exceptions.
Examples:
Jimmy Butler, reg season - 34min/game; last night - 46min
Jrue Holiday, reg season - 33min/game; last night - 47min
Bam Adebayo; reg season - 35min/game; last night - 40 min
Giannis; reg season - 32min/game; last night - 42 min
Bench minutes last night: Miami - 67min, Milw - 66min
There are some differences there, but nothing that really stands out as a major outlier. Did Miami rest it's players at better points in the game, maybe, I didn't look at things that specifically. In the end, the bottom line was the Heat were just better at finishing games and they wanted it more, played harder and were better coached at the end of games. Now, maybe that's because the Heat was in more of a battle just to make the playoffs. Either way I think Coach Bud needs to go.