Is better player rotation an anwser to our bench woes..

[kevin_405]

The last game against Chicago.. Phil seemed to try to keep 2 starters at all time on the floor and we got a much better result from our bench.. Ball was moving around better and players were getting much better shots Defensively also we did much better..

Is this our new found answer to our bench woes...

[Jajwanda]

The players themselves picked it up really, but you're right Farmar was in more often and it seemed to work for him. It's all just a question of how much you can actually play each guy.

On the other hand I do wonder why it took so long for Phil to play Ariza for 36 mpg. He's young as heck and in great shape.

[Jajwanda]

All that would leave would be 12 mpg where we have to endure Sasha and 12 minutes of Luke Walton. It would be great if we actually had a decent reserve 24 mpg SG/SF. Maybe that's what we will draft this year.

[snaquille oatmeal]

The last game against Chicago.. Phil seemed to try to keep 2 starters at all time on the floor and we got a much better result from our bench.. Ball was moving around better and players were getting much better shots Defensively also we did much better..

Is this our new found answer to our bench woes...

here is an article by KDing related to this topic.

Jackson hasn't lost masterful touch
Many Lakers fans take him for granted, but he has made this a championship-caliber team

The Lakers got Saturday night what they needed even more than a healthy Andrew Bynum: a confident, dynamic performance from the Jordan Farmar-led reserve unit against a variety of adversities. It's not accurate to say it just happened, but in the usual hands-off Jackson sense, it did just happen. Jackson's determination to be an "invisible leader" was the entire impetus for it. He vowed to himself at halftime not to do what he did early in the second quarter and panic with heavy hands upon seeing the reserves losing ground on the scoreboard.

Farmar absolutely noticed the quick hook, which was surprising to him after he'd played well the previous game in part because of what Farmar said was a key tactical adjustment by Jackson. The coach sent the reserves in piecemeal instead of so many at once, which had been leaving them all cold and vulnerable to opposing starters already warm and ready, and it seemed to work. Farmar also noticed Thursday night that for the first time all season Jackson let him, not Derek Fisher, finish a tight game.

So Jackson gave Farmar and his cohorts "a fair chance" (Jackson's choice of words) in the second half Saturday night, despite the fact that the Lakers' starters had done well to cut into Chicago's lead. The result: Bryant and Gasol were left celebrating alongside scrubs Adam Morrison and DJ Mbenga on the bench with 7:03 to play. The Bulls' six-point lead entering the fourth quarter had turned into a six-point Lakers lead with Farmar, Sasha Vujacic, Luke Walton, Lamar Odom and Josh Powell out there.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/jackson-lakers-farmar-2342688-game-coach

[hermes]

bynum's return= bench problem solved

[vinnycorleone]

bynum's return= bench problem solved

[Joe Kleazy]

"The result: Bryant and Gasol were left celebrating alongside scrubs Adam Morrison and DJ Mbenga on the bench with 7:03 to play."

[TylersLakers]

Lamar really makes that second unit go. That Bynum injury really hurt the bench, the most. Hopefully Drew can get back healthy soon and get comfortable enough to jump back in the starting lineup.

[kevin_405]

What a game against the Pistons.. Idiot Phil does it again benching the whole team except Gasol and we lose the lead.. I think Phil has lost his mind...

Thankfully sanity returned just in time for a win..