#SLOE: People's Basketball Sim League

Which players are taking steps forward in these playoffs?
Who's performance should be encouraging for their team and their GM?
Who gave it all they had, but didn’t get support from their teammates?

Rules: 1 point if you give thoughtful answers, which I will award after the timer ends for responses. The timer ends for responses at the moment the corresponding week's Sim is run.

Note: Use approximately 5 sentences as your bare minimum for 1 point. If you write 3 long, complex sentences, you'll still get a point. If you write 5, 3 word sentences, you will not get a point. Don't @ me.

Due: Deadline for Game 1 of Conference Finals.

Which players are taking steps forward in these playoffs?
James Donaldson is having a fantastic playoffs so far. He is a walking double-double right now regardless of matchup and is a pain to gameplan against.

Who's performance should be encouraging for their team and their GM?
Doc Rivers is the perfect facilitator. He is leading the playoff teams in assists and is humming along right now. He is making a case for best PG in the league.

Who gave it all they had, but didn’t get support from their teammates?
Tom Chambers from Golden State. He dominated against the Mavericks but it was in vain. Despite his gaudy performance we were able to contain Calvin Natt enough to survive game 7.