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In the NBA playoffs, it's all about clutch performances. No team can afford a player to have a breakdown this late in the year. And after eight games in two days, I will examine who came up big and who fell flat in the first weekend of the NBA Playoffs. I will list the Top 5 Overachievers and Top 5 Underperformers based on stats and overall team contribution by each ...

The absence of Brandon Roy mattered none in the first game of the Phoenix-Portland playoff series. The Trail Blazers scored 105 against a hot Suns team, including a 35-point fourth quarter that put them on top. The size of the Blazers was too much for the Suns, who are missing an injured Robin Lopez. Andre Miller led all scorers with 31 and added eight assists in the win. The game was ...

After 2,460 regular season games, only 16 teams remain eligible to win the NBA Championship. Each team has battled with injuries this season. Some of those injuries have already determined the end to a particular team's season. With the playoffs beginning this Saturday, which teams have the most concern going in? Let's find out.Begin Slideshow

According to Suns head coach Alvin Gentry, Robin Lopez will miss at least the first round of the playoffs. Lopez is currently battling a back injury that caused him to miss the final 10 games of the season. "The visit he had to the doctor was pretty positive, but still we're not having him for the playoffs, not for the first series, anyway," Gentry said. "It's not anything where we'll ...