Eduardo Nunez, his substitute, had his first four-hit game.
Giordano was away; his substitute, Andy Stein, introduced the musicians.
And wouldn't his substitute father figure have felt the need to discipline him?
O'Neal was dominant against both Vlade Divac, who picked up his fourth foul, and his substitute, Scot Pollard.
"His substitute, Ford Smith, only gave us a couple of hits, but we were able to prevail, and beat them.
They had been hobbled in the seventh minute by injury to James Maddison, Murphy being his substitute.
His substitute was to be the new tenor sensation Salvatore Licitra, but he pulled out two weeks ago, citing laryngitis.
Six minutes after Piqué got sent off, his substitute, Javier Mascherano, turned away from a shot by Castro but diverted the ball into his own net.
The crowd hailed him with a standing ovation, and as he neared the sideline he touched hands with his substitute, Paulo Dybala.
Lyudmila Putina's absence was especially striking at a recent Easter church service, where Putin stood with Dmitri Medvedev, his substitute President and current Prime Minister, and Medvedev's wife.
