There is no substitute for game experience!

What a day for injuries. First Evan Turner goes down and is out for two months with broken bones in his back. Then Michael Finley goes down with an ankle in the Spurs game. Lastly word is Greg Oden's season is done with a broken knee cap.

The moral of the story coaches, if you're comfortable with the win, play your bench and develop them as players. You will need them to perform due to injury, foul trouble, or eligibility issues and you'll be glad you threw them into the fray BEFORE their needed to produce.

If it means a 15 point win becomes an 8 point win so be it. You've won, you've given your bench players time, and lastly you have a body of work on film with which to go over with them and get them better. Would you rather identify their mistakes in a win and get them seasoned or after you lose a game in which they were forced to play a role they weren't ready for? There is no substitute for game experience so play your bench!