Playoff Revelations: Nene
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... Playoff Revelations honors playoff players without big names, but who are having a big impact in the postseason. On a night when Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson both went over 30 points, it must have taken something extraordinary for Charles Barkley to call someone else Denver's MVP. And you look at Nene's stat line, and it's good, but not eye-poppingly spectacular: 13 points, 12 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 5 turnovers. But here's another line you might be interested in ... Tim Duncan's. 14 points on 7-17 shooting. On the year, Duncan averages 20 and shoots over 54% from the floor. And this was mostly all Nene, too. They rotated Camby over to Duncan some late in the game, but most of the game, it was just Nene. No special game plan, no serious double teams, no special tactics ... just Nene using his feet to stay in front of Duncan, and using his strength to keep him off-balance and frustrated. And his work o
Playoff Revelations: Bostjan Nachbar
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... Playoff Revelations honors playoff players without big names, but who are having a big impact in the postseason. Bostjan Nachbar, a shooter who couldn't shoot. In four seasons before this one, Boki had an
Playoff Revelations: Thabo Sefolosha
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... Playoff Revelations honors playoff players without big names, but who are having a big impact in the postseason. Kirk Hinrich does a pretty good job defensively against Dwyane Wade ... at least, as good a job as anyone could expect. So when Hinrich went to the bench with foul trouble on Saturday, you might've thought the Bulls were in a little bit of trouble. 'Twas not the case, though. Thabo Sefolosha (and I'm sorry,
Playoff Revelations: Matt Barnes
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... Playoff Revelations honors playoff players without big names, but who are having a big impact in the postseason. Looking at
FanHouse: Tue AM 'Playoff Revelations' Edition
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... Our NBA guys have a series of posts on Playoff Revelations , honoring non-big name players who are having a big impact in the postseason. If you want to sound smart when talking personnel, this series is as rewarding as
