I disagree with the OP completely. I think there is plenty of blame to go around. Hell, Dirk was being doubled before he got the ball in the high post. Where were the back cuts? Where was the perimeter guy that could make the defense pay for an early double? Where was the game plan to counter these early doubles? They didn't exist.
I don't buy the argument that Dirk is a chocker. He had a bad series. It happens. When your superstar (and yes, he is a superstar) has a bad game/series, the rest of your team has to step up, or the end result is what happened in your first round. No one to blame but Dirk? Hardly.
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