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Best Frenchman in the league, hands down.
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Best Frenchman in the league, hands down.
Which team has the best player, to this day, still marks a proverbial rule of thumb among NBA personnel in determining which team will win a playoff series. And yet, front offices and coaching staffs consider every seventh and eighth man, every potential bench unit, in order to defeat whichever foe they see in each round of the postseason. For that, here are seven under-the-radar difference-makers for seven championship hopefuls in these playoffs.
The Sixers are now a win and one more Orlando or Indiana loss away from avoiding the Play-In Tournament.
The Oklahoma City Thunder (55-25) are big, 14.5-point favorites as they attempt to extend a three-game win streak when they host the Milwaukee Bucks (49-31)
By NBA standards, the guard is a defense-first player now, but the offensive end is another story.