Pardon me.. But why not?

[Cam's New Arm]

In Hockey (thank you to those who are still reading), coaches will deploy up to a 3rd and 4th line on the ice during 1 game. Each line has a preset estimate for how long they are expected to be on the ice. 

 

Different lines have different jobs. Some lines are even built strictly for bruising the opponents top lines.

Why do we not see more of this in basketball? Or if we do, how does it fair?

I guess it comes down to basketball's rules for subsisting players into the action? Hockey is a line change during play.

 

 

[cbarrier90]

Coaches do this all the time in basketball because in the NBA perhaps more than any other sport is based on the synergy of a lineup and 1 on 1 matchups. The only difference from hockey based off what you said is rarely do you see mass substitutions (unless you can just out-talent everybody with either lineup like Kentucky last year.) Rather, the coach typically puts a certain 5 on the floor to accomplish a particular goal. This is really noticeable toward the end of games where lineups are deployed strictly for offense or defense.

[Cam's New Arm]

Copy. I guess it was a silly question I was asking from afar.

I was just curious if it had advantages when applied on the court?