By far the Lakers best +/- player was Hill +9 off the bench. Worst was Jamison, -17, a starter.
The opposite is true for the Jazz. Carroll, bench, +15. Foye, starter, -9.
Most games the bench has an advantage, but nobody knows how terrible the lakers bench is better that D'Antoni, so last night the bench played the starters a significant portion of their minutes.
For me, it comes down to defense. I feel like the bench was better equipped to defend Kobe and Howard than the starting unit. Those two only rested 5 and 6 mins respectively. Scoring was not a problem for either team last night.