The Bobcats' defense coordination in this quarter was actually quite poor, the rhythm was already disrupted, but Carlisle had anticipated this, so he didn't send Felton on the court to control the offensive rhythm, nor did he use the regular lineup for defense coordination. Instead, he sent out the five players who performed the best in individual inside and outside defense tonight. The ones rotating in later were also Pietrus and Millsap, who are relatively better substitute defenders.
In the previous games, Carlisle wouldn't have made this kind of rotation arrangement, otherwise the three main stars would have single-handedly crushed them.
