The regular season is important. So, too, are those rare and extraordinary Game 7 situations when superstars have been known to play 45-plus minutes, leaving it all on the court in pursuit of the brass ring. But, I would argue, champions are primarily determined by what occurs in “ordinary” playoff games where the team follows a rotation that goes much less deep than in the regular season, but that limits everyone to a repeatable number of minutes, which is to say around 36 each for top players, with lower figures for those whose talents or stamina or durability force them to play less.
Keeping it simple: Thinking about Sixer lineups for an ‘ordinary’ playoff game
