Game 1 4th quarter for T-Mac--0-3, 0 points
Game 1 4th quarter for Dirk--1-4, 4 points
Take all that and compare that with Kobe's 18 4th quarter points, Timmy's 20 second half and OT points, Manu's game winner, Chris Paul's 9 4th quarter points, and Lebron's 18 second half points.
Dirk is one of the most talented players on the planet...I don't know why he folded late in the game, but he did, and I do know why T Mac did...because he is destined never to ever win a playoff series.
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Maybe a more reliable statistic when talking about superstars is T-Macs playoffs averages. McGrady's career postseason averages were 28.8 ppg (fourth all-time behind Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson and Jerry West), 6.6 rpg and 6.1 apg, well above his career regular season averages (22.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 4.7 apg). His field goal percentage in the playoffs (.431) was virtually the same as his regular season field goal percentage (.437) despite the higher level of competition that one encounters in postseason play; McGrady's free throw percentage is also better in the postseason (.781 entering this season compared to a .747 career number in the regular season). McGrady has an 0-3 career record in seventh games but check out his numbers in those contests: 25.7 ppg, 8.7 apg, 5.7 rpg, .387 field goal percentage, .762 free throw percentage. The field goal percentage is obviously not great but that reflects how defenses are able to load up on him because he has never had teammates around him who will make defenses pay by hitting open shots after McGrady is double teamed. T-Mac = superstar; if he wasn’t we wouldn’t be talking about him. I don’t like dirk, but MVP=stardom.
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