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King,
Although I agree with your general criticism of coaches who bench players rotely when they pick up their second or fourth fouls in the first or second halves, respectively, I think you misapply it to Ben Howland's decision to bench Jordan Farmar with about four minutes left in Saturday's game. At the time that Farmar picked up his fourth, he was (a) not playing well, having recently committed a couple sloppy turnovers, (b) visibly unhinged over what he perceived to be poor officiating, especially on his phantom-charge third foul, and (c) hurt, having bruised both of his wrists on the drive to the basket that resulted in the charge. Fourth foul or not, at the time that Howland benched Farmer, Darren Collison was simply the steadier, better option to run the point.
