Dba - This is a very good article. Really puts things in perspective. Individually if you look at each starters mins they rank somewhere between 30-50 in total mins played amoung league leaders for that stat. But for some reason they looked tired and beat. Injuries did not help but even the players said they were tired.

Perhaps its knowing that nobody on the bench has your back if you have an off-night. That stress can were on you. Poor bench production seemed to mount as the playoffs progressed adding that much more pressure on the starters to produce. Ben got almost no help at all against Shaq.

Bottom line - Pistons peaked in Feb and Miami peaked in late May. Whatever happened there Flip needs to figure it out.