Lakers center Andrew Bynum would like coach Phil Jackson to keep him on the floor at the end of games.

"I don't understand why I'm not in at the end of the game," Bynum said. "It doesn't make much sense to me, but it's something I have to deal with. I haven't been in foul trouble the last couple of games, so I have no idea."

The center has sat out final minutes of the team's last three games.

"When he shows the ability to play defense appropriately, he'll probably be there," Jackson said. "Andrew's doing really well and he's making great progress, but there are times in the game down the stretch [where] we've got to have the best defenders, guys that have been through it -- and that was the team we had last year in the playoffs. They know how to help each other."