NBA FINALS PREGAME: Rivers doesn't want to overextend Garnett
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA LOS ANGELES -- One adjustment Doc Rivers hoped to stay away from in finding answers to fill the gap in Game Five for Kendrick Perkins’ absence was extending Kevin Garnett’s minutes. Garnett has averaged nearly 40 minutes in The Finals and Rivers thinks that’s a cap on his big man’s time. "Well, he can only in my mind play a certain amount of minutes no matter what the situation is and be effective, so his minutes will not change," said Rivers. "The only thing that this really changes is with Perk on the floor, it allows you to do certain things with Kevin as far as being a roamer, and it basically takes him out of that role. So that's a tough blow. But other than that, we've had injuries all year at certain times, and the other guys have pitched in. So we're fine." 
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