<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><span id="default"><span id="CCT_Article"> OAKLAND -- Forget about the pipe dream of limiting oft-injured guard Baron Davis to 30 minutes a game that Warriors coach Don Nelson floated at the start of this season. At this point, Nelson might be satisfied just getting that figure under 40. Coming into Wednesday's game with the Milwaukee Bucks, Davis was averaging 39.8 minutes per contest, the third-highest total in the league. Nelson knew he'd have to ride Davis hard for the Warriors' first seven games, which forward Stephen Jackson missed because of an NBA-imposed suspension. But in the seven games immediately preceding Wednesday's, Davis' floor time shot back up to 40.4 minutes per game.</p> "It's getting to be about that time of year when I'm going to have to start thinking about that," Nelson said of reducing Davis' workload. "We have to be careful of his body breaking down. He's got a history there. We're going to have to reach down and get some help here pretty soon. ... (Kelenna Azubuike) has been nursing an ankle, Baron's been playing too much, and (Monta) Ellis is a little tired, so guess what? We're looking for someone."</p> The most obvious answer would be to see more of veteran guard Troy Hudson, who is healthy after 11 games on the inactive list because of left hip inflammation. In his first four games since returning to active duty, Hudson played only 10 minutes.</p> <span id="default"><span id="CCT_Article"> "The caliber of the teams we've been playing has been so high that I just didn't want to have a period of two or three minutes where if</span></span><span id="default"><span id="CCT_Article"> somebody doesn't play up to their potential, you lose the game right there," Nelson said. "I have to have confidence in that player, and he hasn't really played that much or practiced that much." Hudson is hardly alone in lack of use -- the Warriors have gone only seven or eight deep for weeks now -- and said he's had no problem biding his time.</p> "If we were losing and I felt like I could help the team win and then I'm not playing, that would be tough," Hudson said. "We have such a rhythm going, such a groove going, that I wouldn't be so anxious to just jump right in there and try to work my way into it. That chemistry, that's part of our success right now, and I'm old enough that I'm able to see that and understand that.</p> "Where maybe a younger guy could be like, 'Why am I not playing?', I see what's going on."</div></p> Source: Contra Costa Times</p> </span></span></p> </span></span></p>
