As I’ve mentioned before, the playoffs are not a great time for fans of role-players and all-out scrubs. Yearning for some Garrett Temple? Hah. Desire some Otto Porter highlights? Excuse me while I LOL.
So that makes these Gooden highlights even weirder than normal. It’s not like he even got that many minutes, but in his limited action he spazzed out to the tune of 12 points and 13 rebounds. The Pacers’ interior presence might be severely lacking, but you can’t let Gooden do that to you in a mere 17 minutes.
The weirdest thing about the whole situation is that the Wizards have a decent shot at making the conference finals. Let me repeat myself: Wizards. Conference Finals. Who says the NBA is predictable?