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So, do to some very unfortunate luck with minutes my first two games, my training minutes were slightly off and I was hoping for "Bench1" in the following list to get at least 1 minute at PF to get the 48+.

SG: Starter1, Bench1, Reserve1
SF: Starter2, Starter2, Starter2
PF: Starter3, Bench2, Bench1

Strictly Follow Depth Chart, Let Them Play selected. 10 total players.

With about 15 minutes to go Starter1 gets injured. So I think, darn, there's no chance I'll get that training minute. But about 5 minutes later, Reserve1 gets subbed in for Starter2. To me, it would seem *less* likely that Starter2 gets booted since there would be only 9 players remaining and Bench1 has somewhere else to go.

I definitely expected to have a good chance at some minute messups due to my quirky setup, but I'm wondering if maybe the injury gave the computer extra leeway. So I guess it messed up in a way I didn't expect. If my STarter2 were subbed out, I would have expected it to happen a little in the game.

I don't see anything weird with what happened to you.
Bench players always have preference, so when you win for more than 20 in the last quarter, they play in their bench position. If there is any starter without substitute (in this case your SF) the game engine search for avaliable players, the same if they are reserves or not put in the line-up.
What the injury could have changed is that during the game the reserve1 had played some minutes as SG, nothing else in this case. I guess that with your line-up, the chances to get that extra minute as PF for your bench1 player were almost none.

Ahh I suppose I considered the coach's logic was a little bit more complex. I suppose, though not helpful for me in this situation it should simplify future decisions when I'm choosing players in certain positions.

I haven't tried to get 48 minutes for 1 player at 1 position with 10 players in my lineup since I started playing a long time ago. Good to know though.

I haven't tried to get 48 minutes for 1 player at 1 position with 10 players in my lineup since I started playing a long time ago. Good to know though.

There is a way. Just put him as a bench and reserve player in the same position and leave the starter empty.