GAME 11: DAL (6-5) @ NYK (3-9) | 103-106 loss

[DrMav]

I think Carlisle is working through a new roster and just needs time.

BUT I  cannot for the life of me understand his Luka rotations for the 4th qtr.  Luka went out hot at then end of the 3rd and sits until 5:53 lthererh

He's been doing this for several games now....why sit him that long and then expect him to pick up right where he left off rolling into crunch time?

This is exactly my frustration. Had KP and Luka played the final 8-9 minutes and we lost, I would have been able to handle it much better. Leaving your 2 best players on the bench in a very needed game is crazy.

No good coaches play their best players the entire 4th quarter. They rest them to start the 4th and bring them in to close the game. We did the exact same thing in 2011.

Nobody is expecting or saying Luka or KP should play all 12 minutes in the 4th. It seems most want them in around the 8 minute mark, mainly Luka. The best players in the NBA don't come in at the 5:53 mark in the 4th. Luka is a top 10 player now and should get the same treatment. Luka shouldn't ever play the entire 4th, but a 20 year old superstar can definitely play 8 minutes of the 4th.

The game was winnable when Luka came back in.

He had sat for probably over 15 minutes of live time by then and cooled down. If he stayed in to start the 4th at the rate he was going and how NYK started out, maybe we’re up 10 a couple minutes in.

Luka can still get a bit of a breather in the first half of the 4th without it having to start right at the beginning. And it definitely doesn’t have to be over 6 minutes of rest at this point in his career.