Dawn Staley manages her team in an unusual way: Her most disciplined players start the game, to establish a standard, especially defensively, and then she brings an even more talented group off the bench. She said Friday that if she told her starters how much offensive leeway she allows her reserves, “They might want to come off the bench and play with that same freedom.” But the reserves can only exercise that freedom if they live up to the defensive standard that the starters set.