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Derrick Rose's minutes a tricky balancing act for Dwane Casey, Pistons

Los Angeles — Pistons coach Dwane Casey looks up at the clock, knowing that the available time is dwindling.

Tick, tick, tick.

Casey only has about six or seven minutes in each quarter to play Derrick Rose in each game.

That’s the deal. Everybody knows it.

It’s like “Ultraman,” the 1960s Japanese fictional character. In each episode, the superhero would fight monsters, but after a certain amount of time, a light on his chest would start blinking and he would have to fly away.