Playing time

Players always want more minutes. As much as coaches complain about players complaining about a lack of minutes, not one of them worth his whistle and clipboard would like to hear that his guys are satisfied by their playing time. That would show a certain degree of complacency that coaches would find unacceptable.

Andrew Bynum's criticism of Phil Jackson's substitution patterns at the end of the last two games has been amusing, to say the least. Jackson's response that Bynum should "mind his own business" and "he's a kid, he doesn't know any better" was a gut-buster, too.

Bynum rallied strongly, however, when asked about Jackson's postgame comment Wednesday that he was disappointed the 21-year-old center didn't have more rebounds in the Lakers' win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

"I might have gotten some in the last six minutes," Bynum said. "You never know. You never know until the Fat Lady sings. He (Jackson) sings for me a lot."

For the record, Bynum had 18 points, four assists and three rebounds in 30 minutes. He went to the bench for crunch time as Jackson went with Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Pau Gasol, Trevor Ariza and Lamar Odom for the second straight game.