Then two days later, he didn't get off the bench because of the coach's decision. Brown said "trying to force-feed three bigs in a game is unfair." Brown felt it created a ripple effect on other players on the team. As they tried to play the three centers, power forward Dario Saric was forced play small forward, where he struggled. Meanwhile, power forward Ersan Ilyasova was also ineffective since his minutes were slashed.