his performance overblown by who? This thread is 6+ of nikkas shytting on him cuz he shot poorly, and I don't see anyone saying this performance is anything special. But to say he played BAD, in my opinion is totally baseless, and anyone with any real bball intellect would understand that he provided so much for his team tonight, as he does every night, just by being on the floor and playing with his head instead of adhering to some hero-ball narrative pushed by the media and salty former great players. Dude was everywhere tonight, but because his shots werent falling and he didnt score 30+ and have some gaudy stat line, ppl wanna act like he didnt play a part in the W?
And you're preaching to the choir about the role players, I know this squad has a good supporting cast, but the doubts about them have been well warranted. They've done about dikk this entire playoffs. Granted, Indiana was the first team that really required the supporting cast to step up, but they were shooting very bad going into this series. But yeah, kudos to them for rising to the occasion.