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Statistically, who were the best players in the 2002 NBA playoffs?
The Best Players in the Playoffs 
According to Points Added
(2002 NBA Playoffs)

Based on percentage of P.A. each player contributed to his team's success*
      % of
PA in
Team's
Games
% of PA when on the Floor Weighted 
% of PA* 
(Combination of 1st 2 Columns 
(2/3-1/3 split))
PPG Reb/G Ast/G Pts
Per
Shot*
(Stl-TO)/
G
Avg PA
in 
Team's Games
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 Tim Duncan
 John Stockton
 Shaquille O'Neal
 Ben Wallace
 Kevin Garnett
 Dirk Nowitzki
 Rasheed Wallace
 Scottie Pippen
 Tracy McGrady
 Baron Davis
 Reggie Miller
 Donyell Marshall
 Chris Webber
 Jason Kidd
 Paul Pierce
 Ron Artest
 Malik Rose
 Greg Ostertag
 Derrick Coleman
 Allen Iverson
 Robert Horry
 Michael Finley
 Kobe Bryant
 Brad Miller
 Keon Clark
 Jerome Williams
 Antoine Walker
 Vlade Divac
 Mike Bibby
 Antonio Davis
 Rodney Rogers
 George Lynch
 P.J. Brown
 Gary Payton
 Jamaal Magloire
 Steve Nash
 Tony Battie
 Hakeem Olajuwon
 Karl Malone
 Vin Baker
 Eric Williams
 Raef LaFrentz
 Doug Christie
 Chauncey Billups
 Darrell Armstrong
 Kerry Kittles
 Elden Campbell
 Clifford Robinson
 Monty Williams
 Matt Harpring
 Keith Van Horn
 Wally Szczerbiak
 Andrei Kirilenko
 Antonio Daniels
 Pat Garrity
 Corliss Williamson
 Tony Parker
 Rick Fox
 Jermaine O'Neal
 Jon Barry
 Derek Anderson
 Steve Smith
 Dell Curry
 Bobby Jackson
 Kevin Ollie
 Dikembe Mutombo
 Steve Kerr
 Horace Grant
 Scot Pollard
 Kenyon Martin
 Chris Childs
 Todd MacCulloch
 Aaron McKie
 Brent Barry
 Dale Davis
 Jerry Stackhouse
 Lucious Harris
 Kenny Anderson
 Bruce Bowen
 Jeff Foster
 Damon Jones
 Derek Fisher
 Vladimir Radmanovic
 Michael Curry
 Patrick Ewing
 Desmond Mason
 Anthony Peeler
 David Wesley
 Chucky Atkins
 Alvin Williams
 Aaron Williams
 Samaki Walker
 Scott Padgett
 Joe Smith
 Radoslav Nesterovic
 Randy Livingston
 Greg Buckner
 Richard Jefferson
 Stacey Augmon
 Lee Nailon
 Devean George
 Rashard Lewis
 Morris Peterson
 Eduardo Najera
 Hidayet Turkoglu
 Predrag Stojakovic
 Brian Shaw
 Ron Mercer
 Walter McCarty
 Tony Delk
 Nick Van Exel
 Austin Croshere
 Bonzi Wells
 Jarron Collins
 Eric Snow
 Jamaal Tinsley
 Jason Collins
 Zeljko Rebraca
 Rusty LaRue
 Gary Trent
 Shawn Kemp
 Sam Mitchell
 Danny Ferry
 Ruben Patterson
 Corie Blount
 Terry Porter
 Mike Miller
 Jerome James
 Bryon Russell
 Damon Stoudamire
 Felipe Lopez
 Troy Hudson
 Quincy Lewis
SA
UTA
LAL
DET
MIN
DAL
POR
POR
ORL
CHA
IND
UTA
SAC
NJ
BOS
IND
SA
UTA
PHI
PHI
LAL
DAL
LAL
IND
TOR
TOR
BOS
SAC
SAC
TOR
BOS
CHA
CHA
SEA
CHA
DAL
BOS
TOR
UTA
SEA
BOS
DAL
SAC
MIN
ORL
NJ
CHA
DET
ORL
PHI
NJ
MIN
UTA
SA
ORL
DET
SA
LAL
IND
DET
POR
SA
TOR
SAC
IND
PHI
POR
ORL
SAC
NJ
TOR
NJ
PHI
SEA
POR
DET
NJ
BOS
SA
IND
DET
LAL
SEA
DET
ORL
SEA
MIN
CHA
DET
TOR
NJ
LAL
UTA
MIN
MIN
SEA
DAL
NJ
CHA
CHA
LAL
SEA
TOR
DAL
SAC
SAC
LAL
IND
BOS
BOS
DAL
IND
POR
UTA
PHI
IND
NJ
DET
UTA
MIN
POR
MIN
SA
POR
PHI
SA
ORL
SEA
UTA
POR
MIN
ORL
UTA
14.9%
13.9%
14.0%
14.0%
13.6%
13.3%
12.7%
11.2%
12.3%
12.4%
11.7%
10.5%
11.6%
11.2%
11.2%
9.4%
9.0%
7.8%
9.9%
10.0%
9.4%
10.2%
10.0%
9.1%
8.9%
8.0%
9.4%
8.4%
9.1%
8.9%
7.1%
7.9%
8.3%
8.7%
5.9%
8.3%
7.1%
5.5%
8.2%
7.1%
7.2%
7.2%
7.9%
8.2%
7.7%
6.7%
6.6%
7.6%
5.7%
6.0%
6.8%
7.7%
6.6%
5.5%
6.6%
5.8%
6.4%
6.3%
6.4%
4.5%
5.4%
5.9%
3.5%
5.2%
4.9%
6.0%
3.5%
5.6%
3.3%
6.1%
5.7%
4.3%
5.3%
5.4%
4.7%
5.7%
4.3%
5.4%
5.4%
3.5%
3.8%
5.2%
4.2%
4.1%
3.4%
5.3%
4.1%
5.2%
4.5%
5.1%
3.6%
2.7%
2.5%
2.8%
4.1%
2.9%
2.5%
3.4%
2.9%
2.9%
2.9%
2.7%
3.7%
2.5%
3.4%
3.0%
2.1%
2.9%
1.9%
2.1%
3.3%
1.8%
3.3%
1.8%
3.0%
2.1%
1.6%
1.1%
1.7%
1.9%
1.4%
1.3%
1.5%
1.8%
1.6%
1.3%
1.4%
1.2%
1.8%
1.2%
0.5%
0.4%
-0.2%
18.9%
18.9%
16.6%
16.5%
15.1%
14.5%
14.6%
16.4%
14.0%
13.6%
14.8%
16.2%
13.6%
13.6%
12.8%
14.1%
14.7%
17.1%
12.4%
11.5%
12.3%
10.7%
11.0%
12.7%
12.3%
13.5%
10.3%
12.1%
10.7%
10.6%
13.9%
12.2%
11.2%
10.1%
15.5%
10.0%
12.3%
15.3%
9.7%
11.8%
11.4%
11.4%
9.6%
8.9%
9.8%
11.3%
11.4%
9.0%
12.5%
12.0%
10.2%
8.4%
10.4%
11.7%
9.1%
10.4%
9.0%
8.8%
8.4%
12.2%
10.3%
9.4%
14.1%
10.7%
10.5%
8.3%
13.0%
8.9%
13.4%
7.8%
8.3%
10.9%
8.8%
8.7%
9.7%
7.6%
10.0%
7.4%
7.5%
11.1%
10.2%
7.4%
9.0%
9.0%
10.2%
6.3%
8.7%
6.1%
7.4%
6.2%
8.4%
10.2%
10.4%
9.3%
6.4%
8.8%
9.4%
7.5%
8.4%
8.0%
8.0%
8.2%
5.7%
8.0%
6.0%
6.8%
8.0%
6.3%
7.7%
7.3%
4.8%
7.7%
4.5%
7.4%
4.2%
5.9%
6.9%
7.7%
6.1%
5.6%
5.6%
5.4%
4.8%
4.1%
4.4%
4.7%
4.1%
4.0%
2.8%
1.7%
2.2%
0.9%
-0.6%
16.2%
15.5%
14.9%
14.8%
14.1%
13.7%
13.3%
13.0%
12.9%
12.8%
12.8%
12.4%
12.3%
12.0%
11.7%
11.0%
10.9%
10.9%
10.7%
10.5%
10.4%
10.4%
10.3%
10.3%
10.0%
9.9%
9.7%
9.6%
9.6%
9.5%
9.4%
9.3%
9.3%
9.1%
9.1%
8.8%
8.8%
8.7%
8.7%
8.7%
8.6%
8.6%
8.5%
8.4%
8.4%
8.2%
8.2%
8.1%
8.0%
8.0%
7.9%
7.9%
7.9%
7.5%
7.5%
7.4%
7.3%
7.1%
7.1%
7.0%
7.0%
7.0%
7.0%
7.0%
6.8%
6.7%
6.7%
6.7%
6.7%
6.6%
6.6%
6.5%
6.5%
6.5%
6.4%
6.3%
6.2%
6.1%
6.1%
6.0%
6.0%
6.0%
5.8%
5.7%
5.7%
5.6%
5.6%
5.5%
5.5%
5.4%
5.2%
5.2%
5.2%
5.0%
4.9%
4.9%
4.8%
4.8%
4.7%
4.6%
4.6%
4.5%
4.3%
4.3%
4.3%
4.2%
4.1%
4.0%
3.9%
3.8%
3.8%
3.8%
3.7%
3.7%
3.4%
3.4%
3.4%
3.3%
3.2%
3.1%
2.8%
2.7%
2.6%
2.6%
2.5%
2.4%
2.3%
2.1%
2.1%
1.4%
1.1%
0.6%
-0.3%
27.6
12.5
28.5
7.3
24.0
28.4
25.3
16.3
30.8
22.6
23.6
14.3
23.7
19.6
24.6
11.8
12.9
6.8
12.8
30.0
9.3
24.6
26.6
11.2
13.4
7.2
22.1
13.5
20.3
17.0
8.9
7.7
10.2
22.2
12.3
19.5
6.1
5.6
20.0
13.2
7.8
11.3
11.1
22.0
15.3
12.1
13.6
13.2
8.5
10.2
13.3
20.0
8.8
9.5
8.5
13.3
15.5
9.8
17.2
8.0
14.7
10.3
7.0
10.9
5.8
8.8
6.3
4.5
3.3
16.8
11.8
6.2
10.6
7.8
2.3
17.6
8.9
12.0
6.8
4.0
4.3
10.2
7.6
5.7
6.5
11.8
9.0
15.8
11.3
12.0
6.5
3.3
4.0
4.3
11.3
4.0
3.9
7.0
5.3
7.7
5.0
12.7
9.2
4.6
8.6
14.8
2.9
7.8
3.1
4.7
11.1
6.0
12.3
5.5
10.8
3.6
2.9
4.2
5.0
6.3
3.7
2.7
2.8
5.3
1.4
3.3
4.8
3.6
7.0
5.0
1.3
12.8
4.3
14.4
4.0
12.6
16.1
18.7
13.1
12.3
9.3
6.3
7.0
3.2
7.8
10.8
8.2
8.6
6.0
7.9
8.5
9.2
3.6
8.1
6.3
5.8
9.8
8.0
6.6
8.6
9.3
3.8
10.6
5.5
8.4
9.6
8.6
5.6
4.0
7.6
3.8
7.5
5.0
4.4
7.6
5.8
5.0
2.8
3.2
6.7
3.0
5.5
5.2
6.7
7.0
3.8
2.7
7.5
5.3
2.9
5.4
7.6
2.0
2.3
3.4
1.3
3.3
2.4
10.6
1.3
7.8
3.5
5.8
3.8
5.2
3.6
4.6
6.7
4.3
2.7
3.1
3.3
4.8
2.1
3.3
3.6
1.4
5.5
6.2
4.3
1.9
2.4
4.8
3.5
4.1
3.5
3.7
6.7
1.2
3.7
4.6
3.0
2.7
3.6
3.7
2.8
1.6
5.2
6.3
1.8
2.0
2.4
2.4
3.0
3.5
4.0
1.8
4.4
2.0
2.4
2.0
1.5
3.0
2.7
0.7
2.0
2.3
2.8
0.9
1.3
2.4
4.3
2.3
0.3
1.0
0.8
5.0
10.0
2.8
1.2
5.0
2.3
1.7
5.7
5.5
7.9
2.8
2.8
4.7
9.1
4.1
3.2
1.4
0.5
2.0
4.2
3.2
2.3
4.6
1.4
1.6
1.4
3.3
1.7
5.0
1.4
2.1
1.6
1.6
5.8
0.6
8.8
0.8
0.4
4.5
0.8
1.3
0.6
4.9
5.7
3.3
2.3
1.8
2.9
2.3
1.4
2.1
2.0
1.0
1.5
2.3
1.0
4.0
3.4
1.0
2.1
2.3
1.7
1.0
2.0
4.6
0.6
1.7
2.3
0.2
2.9
7.4
0.7
2.4
2.8
1.3
4.3
0.9
4.8
1.4
1.4
2.5
2.7
1.0
1.2
1.0
1.8
0.7
3.4
3.4
5.6
0.8
0.2
0.5
0.0
1.0
2.0
0.6
1.3
1.4
0.7
0.6
0.7
2.2
0.1
1.4
1.0
1.6
0.8
0.3
1.1
3.9
0.5
4.3
0.0
5.4
5.0
0.4
0.0
1.5
0.3
0.0
1.0
0.8
0.3
0.4
0.8
1.3
0.8
1.8
3.3
0.3
1.5
0.5
1.07
1.08
1.11
0.93
1.00
1.13
0.99
1.14
1.08
0.92
1.24
0.98
1.03
0.97
1.03
0.98
1.07
1.04
1.23
1.00
1.14
1.14
1.00
1.04
1.20
0.92
1.01
1.08
1.08
0.96
1.13
1.05
0.98
0.92
1.30
1.15
1.01
1.12
0.92
1.06
1.18
1.08
1.08
1.08
1.16
1.01
0.96
0.95
1.06
1.05
1.00
1.13
0.97
1.08
1.00
1.02
1.03
1.14
0.98
1.23
1.13
1.01
1.04
1.04
1.00
1.00
1.15
0.78
1.09
0.94
1.00
1.01
1.04
1.08
0.58
0.90
1.13
0.90
1.00
1.14
0.98
0.98
1.13
1.28
0.78
0.90
1.17
1.01
0.89
0.75
1.09
1.02
1.03
1.18
0.96
1.03
1.00
0.97
0.93
1.01
0.85
0.99
0.85
1.37
0.90
0.97
0.85
1.03
1.04
0.93
0.83
1.00
0.83
1.16
0.81
0.88
0.94
1.17
0.95
1.00
0.92
0.80
0.80
0.84
0.70
0.89
0.83
0.75
0.74
0.64
0.80
0.91
0.68
-3.4
0.8
-2.7
0.0
-2.3
-0.8
0.0
-2.0
-2.8
0.6
-1.2
-0.5
-2.0
-1.7
-2.1
0.8
-0.2
-1.0
-0.8
0.2
0.2
-0.4
-1.4
-0.6
-2.4
1.0
-1.9
-1.2
-0.9
-1.6
-0.4
0.0
-0.2
-2.0
-2.1
-3.3
-0.1
0.2
-1.5
-0.2
0.9
-0.5
-0.7
-2.0
-0.5
0.8
-1.2
-0.3
-0.5
0.0
-0.8
-2.0
0.3
0.2
-0.3
-1.3
-1.3
-1.3
-2.0
-1.4
-1.3
0.1
0.5
-0.3
-0.4
-1.8
0.0
0.3
0.3
-1.4
-3.2
-0.9
0.0
-1.2
0.7
-2.1
-0.2
-0.4
0.4
-1.2
-0.1
-0.1
-0.8
-0.1
-0.3
-0.2
-0.7
-1.2
-0.8
-0.4
-0.8
-0.5
-1.0
-0.3
-1.0
0.2
0.0
-0.8
-0.2
-0.4
-0.1
-0.3
-0.4
0.1
-1.1
-1.4
-0.2
-0.4
0.0
-0.5
-0.5
-1.3
-1.7
-1.0
-1.8
-2.0
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-1.0
-0.3
0.3
-0.2
0.0
-0.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.8
-1.3
-0.7
0.0
-2.0
-0.3
77.8
73.6
85.0
69.5
95.8
98.2
84.9
84.9
83.4
84.7
75.0
73.6
87.2
84.8
79.6
75.0
77.8
73.6
89.4
89.4
85.0
98.2
85.0
75.0
73.0
73.0
79.6
87.2
87.2
73.0
79.6
84.7
84.7
83.0
84.7
98.2
79.6
73.0
73.6
83.0
79.6
98.2
87.2
95.8
83.4
84.8
84.7
69.5
83.4
89.4
84.8
95.8
73.6
77.8
83.4
69.5
77.8
85.0
75.0
69.5
84.9
77.8
73.0
87.2
75.0
89.4
84.9
83.4
87.2
84.8
73.0
84.8
89.4
83.0
84.9
69.5
84.8
79.6
77.8
75.0
69.5
85.0
83.0
69.5
83.4
83.0
95.8
84.7
69.5
73.0
84.8
85.0
73.6
95.8
95.8
83.0
98.2
84.8
84.7
84.7
85.0
83.0
73.0
98.2
87.2
87.2
85.0
75.0
79.6
79.6
98.2
75.0
84.9
73.6
89.4
75.0
84.8
69.5
73.6
95.8
84.9
95.8
77.8
84.9
89.4
77.8
83.4
83.0
73.6
84.9
95.8
83.4
73.6

This list includes all players who averaged at least 10 Min./G in their teams' games.

*This percentage is based on a combination of two things:  each player's percentage of Points Added in his team's games, and his percentage of Points Added when he's actually in the game.   The former is roughly twice as important as the latter (what a player contributes is more important than how long it takes for him to contribute it, although both are important), so the weighted percentage is based on a 2/3-1/3 split.  (One could quibble about whether this should perhaps be a 3/4-1/4 or 3/5-2/5 split instead, but any split in this range would leave the players' rankings essentially intact, and the 2/3-1/3 appears to be the most accurate based on AndersonSports's analysis.)

Why look at percentage of Points Added?  This is the most accurate way to rank a player's value, because it allows for the pace of the game to be factored in.  It is much easier to contribute Points Added in games played at the Dallas Maverick's pace (98.2 Points Added/G) than at the Detroit Pistons' pace (69.5 Points Added/G).  Percentage-wise, though, it's equally difficult.  This allows for fair comparisons among players whose teams play different styles.

*Points per shot measures a players' scoring efficiency.  It shows how many points a player scores on average when he shoots (with two free throws counting as one shot).

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