Anyone else surprised at Portis' greatly reduced role against the Nets? He didn't even get into last night's game. Same with two other games against the Nets.

In my mind Portis was a key player throughout the regular season. He played solid defense. He rebounded. He scored.

His regular season stats in 66 games: 11.7 ppg, 7.1 rpg in 20.8 mpg, and he shot 47.1% on treys.

He wasn't hitting his shots against the Nets when he did play, but in Game 2, he had 7 rebounds in 17 minutes, and in Game 3 he had 6 rebounds in 12 minutes.

Obviously the coach thought the Bucks had a better chance of winning leaving BP on the bench, and we did advance.

But I'm surprised. I wonder if he'll return to the rotation against the Sixer or Hawks.