Eastern conference game 5

Which is to be expected when each team is missing its best player. And is relatively inexperienced in the postseason realm. And has role players lesser-known among general public. A crucial Game 5 of a conference finals that lacked any buzz and felt like the second half of a back-to-back in February they'd never put on national television is, in a way, the perfect microcosm for this injury-plagued and totally unpredictable summer NBA run.

It's become a routine to tune into crunch-time action and express open shock that oh, my god, Player X is getting these minutes or wow, Player Y has 22 points in an elimination game? There's a certain charm there and all this is easier to understand in the moment.

But years down the road, podcasters are going to pull up the box score from last night and have no idea what to do with it. That's why it belongs in a museum, like Indiana Jones was always talking about it. Without Young in Game 4, the Hawks tapped veteran sixth man Lou Williams to make his first postseason start in 87 career playoff games. He responded with a game-high 21 points , a team-high eight assists and five rebounds in 35 minutes; it was his first career playoff game with at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists.

Williams did the majority of his damage against P. That mark has steadily fallen throughout the postseason: The Bucks shot just If Giannis is unable to play and provide his He did, however, play 39 minutes for the Philadelphia 76ers in against the Boston Celtics. Cam Reddish logged 23 minutes in his third career postseason game.

Kris Dunn was on the hardwood for eight minutes and didn't do anything. All of this to say, some weird stuff was happening at every twist and turn. Which is to be expected when each team is missing its best player.

And is relatively inexperienced in the postseason realm. And has role players lesser-known among general public. A crucial Game 5 of a conference finals that lacked any buzz and felt like the second half of a back-to-back in February they'd never put on national television is, in a way, the perfect microcosm for this injury-plagued and totally unpredictable summer NBA run.

It's become a routine to tune into crunch-time action and express open shock that oh, my god, Player X is getting these minutes or wow, Player Y has 22 points in an elimination game? There's a certain charm there and all this is easier to understand in the moment. But years down the road, podcasters are going to pull up the box score from last night and have no idea what to do with it.