It’s early April and that means most of the Playoff
spots have been taken. The only ones still up in the air are what I call the
crap seeds, mainly because a team’s prize for claiming the 7th or 8th
seed is to take on, gulp the Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, or OKC Thunder.
Pick your poison. Oh well, at least your gate attendance should skyrocket,
right?
Regardless, however, we’re here to celebrate the
NBA’s own version of March Madness, which basically starred the San Antonio
Spurs, who quietly put together a boatload of wins and have, once again, become
the top title contender heading to the sunset of the regular season. Meanwhile,
out East, the Indiana Pacers continue to pay for the folly of trading away
Danny Granger. They no longer have the top seed and they have absolutely ZERO
momentum heading to their last handful of games.
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| Best of March (clockwise from top): Al Jefferson, Gorgui Dieng, the San Antonio Spurs, and Kevin Durant. |
This is the fifth in a series of “Best of the Month”
citations based on the Efficiency Recap ratings on HoopsStats.com. Team citations will be based on Efficiency Recap
Difference (Team Efficiency – Opponents’ Efficiency), while Player citations
will be based on Player Efficiency. You can check out the Stats Glossary here.