Was there really any playoff team that didn't play hurt a little bit?

It's almost become a question of casualty management. I'm a Jazz fan of course, so I'm always going to complain about having the entire back court operating on one and a half legs, or not operating at all in these playoffs.

It's legit.

But the Clippers lost what most would definitely say was a superior player to anyone the Jazz have, and they won two games without him. So...

Would the series have been different if both teams were full strength for the entire series. Yes. And none of us know precisely how.

Those were the breaks.

In almost every series, health has played a huge factor. At this point, whichever team can put five players on the court might be the champion...