Tim Duncan

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Originally Posted by cmorioles

Brown did what he had to do to avoid being an 8 seed.

I don't think he needed to play Bryant that much though. There is no reason he should have been up there more than James and some of the other young stars. That's crazy. Veteran coaches like Pop and Rivers and Jackson when he was around, recognize that the importance is not in the regular-season. You can be the eighth seed and if you win one road game, you've taken over home court advantage. The Celtics didn't push to get a higher seed against Atlanta but took the home court right away. The Lakers damn near beat Oklahoma City in game two and took home court from them. Home court is more important for the younger teams than it is for the veteran teams.