First Half Playing Time

[MisterJaylenBrownMU]

I like seeing Otule, Butler, and Cubillan on the court at the same time during the first half.  Buzz clearly has a lot of confidence in the guys on the bench, even if the playing time has been skewed thus far in the season.  Even more, I like seeing those two on the court without seeing the lead disappear.

[MilWarrior]

And how bout Jimmy Butler with 7 points in the first!

[chapman]

I noticed that it seems like the bench is more involved in the game.  For much of the season they've looked like spectators on the floor watching the Big Four do the work.  I liked the aggressiveness that Burke showed; looks like he doesn't want a freshman showing him up too badly.  Even nicer to see Jimmy Butler actually take and nail a jumper right before half.  Good to see that James is pushing Butler to be more aggressive; it's obvious he should be getting more than 3.7 ppg.

[nyg]

Butler picked up for Lazar's 2 points.  Nice effort.  McNeal with only 2 points also.  MU is 3-6 in fts, 0 for 6 in 3's and getting out-rebounded 18 to 11.  Not a good first half, but having lead on the road is nice.