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Originally Posted by Cork55
I could go 110-52 and dominate every statistic in the league and once the playoffs start, suddenly my team starts playing completely different against the same teams they dominated during the regular season.
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But consider the playoffs are short affairs, likely either best-of-5 or best-of-7 depending on the series length you are using. The aggregate won-loss record and team and player statistics don't mean much when you're talking about series that involve no more than 5 or 7 games. It only takes 3 or 4 mediocre performances and you've lost the series.
Take a look at your team from during the regular season. Pick at random a stretch of 5 or 7 consecutive games then take a look at the individual and team numbers. Is there still the same domination in performance that you see in the number from the whole at the end of the season, or do you see more variance?
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