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Tribune Jazz beat reporter Tony Jones will answer readers' questions in a Twitter mailbag each week. You can submit questions using the hashtag #TonyTalks. Here is the this week's questions.

Tony's reply • When the team is fully healthy, the starting lineup looks like this — George Hill, Rodney Hood, Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, Rudy Gobert.

Joe Ingles and Joe Johnson are in some variance the two biggest mainstays off the bench. Alec Burks, Trey Lyles and Boris Diaw share time in that next tier.

And then you have the backup point guard spot, which has been a revolving door between Dante Exum, Raul Neto and Shelvin Mack.

If the playoffs were to begin today, the first seven guys would command the most minutes. After that, Snyder goes by feel, matchups and the hot hand, if only because he has so many options.

Expect Burks to command more minutes as the season wears on. His athleticism and ability to get to the basket will be valuable come playoff time.

Tony's reply • Because Alec Burks was terrific last night, and deserved to close the game.

That's the short answer.

But let's look at who was out there.

This was the five for that last play — Joe Ingles, George Hill, Gordon Hayward, Rudy Gobert and Burks. Ingles was the inbounder, and he's the best passer on the team in that scenario, so he was going to be out there.

Hill, Hayward and Gobert — those three never will come off the floor in a closing situation, if Snyder can help it.

And Burks was Utah's best offensive player down the stretch. He simply deserved to be out there.

If you want to go a bit deeper, maybe Johnson could've been on the floor in place of Gobert, since there was 1.4 seconds remaining.

But the Jazz only needed a two, and you don't want to take a premier offensive rebounder off the floor in that situation.

So, long story short, I can't quibble too much with Snyder's lineup or the quality of shot the Jazz received at the end.

Tony's reply • The Jazz were in the game last night because they played so many people and had so much depth. That was a tired team on the floor against Oklahoma City, and the bench came in and forged a nine-point fourth-quarter lead.

You get through the regular season with depth. You tighten your rotation — play more to matchups — in the playoffs.

Jazz fans should expect much of the same for the remainder of the week. Utah is playing its fourth game in five nights tonight against the Denver Nuggets. By the time Saturday rolls around, they will have played six games in nine nights. That's a brutal stretch, and you don't get through stretches such as that by shortening the rotation.

Tony's reply • Hayward is pretty well-rounded and currently has an offensive game without much weakness. He's proficient at all three levels. He can shoot it from 3-point range, score from mid-range and get to the basket and finish over bigs.

Hayward can get to the free-throw line, and he's very good in transition. His only glaring weakness is a relative lack of a post game, and he still can score in that manner.

I think he's still got more improving to do and can become a 25 points per night guy in the NBA in the next few years. He's almost at 23, but offensively he's almost a finished product.

Gobert's game with his back to the basket has become better, but it still has a ways to go. I would say the ability to make a 15-foot jumper would be his biggest and most beneficial gain offensively. He's become so much better at scoring the ball, it's almost unfair to nitpick him.

But if he can stick that jumper with efficiency, it would open up a lot for him and the Jazz offense.

Tony's reply • At the beginning of every timeout, the coaches huddle amongst themselves. They talk to each other about what's been happening to that point and what needs to happen going forward.

It also gives the players time to talk amongst themselves.

Snyder and his assistants do that on every full timeout in every game. It's a system they believe in.