http://www.dallasbasketball.com/headline_A.asp?pr=
"A certain pro athlete who happens to be a hang-around buddy of mine and a nightclubbin’ buddy of Nick Van Exel’s says, “Nick is a different player in the playoffs. His whole approach is that the regular season is all just practice for what he’s going to do in the playoffs.’’"
" The Nick thing: He’s received the same amount of minutes per in the regular season and postseason (about 28). But he scored 12.5 the regular and 15.3 against Portland. He shot 41 percent in the regular and 47 percent in Round 1. He went from being the team’s fourth leading scorer over the course of 82 “practice games’’ to being Dallas’ No. 2 scorer in the playoffs.
So it’s Hedo’s Bottomless Pit vs. Nick’s One-Man Playground.
Van Exel,’’ Nellie said, “has probably been my best player in the playoffs.’’
Yeah, there’s one guy. Van Exel was 9-of-19 for 20 points with five assists and solid enough defense to prevent the Kings’ backcourt of Mike Bibby and Doug Christie from going nuts (they combined for just 20). "
now if we can just win game 2...jeez!