Agreed. I also would have been fine with Payne starting the second half, because you know that their plan revolved around going right at Kofi out of halftime.It he picks up the third, he can't play 1/2 as aggressively, as he did in the 2nd half. It he's juggling fouls, you're not getting 23 and 18 tonight. That's why, unless you're on the cusp of getting blown out...you sit patient until the 2nd half, when you have all of your bullets in the holster.
My only real issue was sitting Omar, too. Sure, the team got a lesson, but Payne could have gotten real minutes. Whatever.