Originally Posted by meru

Why should he? You haven't refuted it. Notice that the original poster said Sheed never raised his game, to which Minstrel responded with concrete evidence of occasions where he did, in fact, raise his game. Unless Minstrel just made **** up, Minstrel wins. Now, you have provided evidence that on average 'Sheed's numbers go down. That certainly doesn't show that he never raised his game (say, for a whole series), does it? Besides, it doesn't even show that he didn't play better in the playoffs, for a number of reasons:

1. His non-playoff stats could be inflated because of putting up bigger numbers on weak teams that didn't make the playoffs a couple of years.
2. His playoff stats are against better teams, and teams over a series, where they have a chance to devise schemes to shut him down. To the extent that he overcame that, he played well in a way that couldn't be measured in the regular season.
3. Games slow down in the playoffs. To prove his contribution declined, you would have to show not just raw points scored, but the % of his team scoring. I bet this actually goes up in the playoffs.

I'm sure there are others. Try to be a bit more thorough in your analysis before casting aspersions.