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There are a good number of superstars missing this playoffs. No LeBron. No Dame. No Kawhi. No PG, etc. And some of the so-called "top closers" have f*cked up during crunch time. You know exactly who they are.

So who's in your top 5?

Middleton
Irving
Doncic
KD
Lillard

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Tatum has to be on the list

in no particular order
Tatum
Embiid
Doncic
KD (Although Boston are SMOTHERING him)

Giannis
Doncic
Curry
Tatum
Jokic

Based on this playoffs performances so far, Butler is definitely top 5.

Embiid
Butler
Curry
Tatum
Doncic/Jokic

Pretty much the best player from every team that has a good allstar on their team. That said for top 5 I would go with...

Curry
CP3

Those two are alone at the top. Curry potentially due to the spacing he provides along with Poole and Klay. And for CP3... well the Suns ENTIRE game is to keep it close until the 4th then have CP3 close out the other team and that has lead them to by far the best record.

After that it gets a little iffy. With most teams having very good closers.

Irving
Durant
Doncic

Irving closed out Boston in game 1, but Boston had the last shot and got the score. Still doesn't take away form Irving's unconsious shooting all 4th. Durant we all know who he is. Doncic may not be the shooter they are but he can pass the ball like none other and has a history of making big shots. So I give it to him over a lot of good other choices just because he has the ability to do it by shooting or driving and kicking for an open 3 for a team mate like none other in the NBA.

Again basically other than the Pelicans, Grizz, Minn, Bulls (just not entirely proven in the playoffs yet for a top 5 list) or Raptors (FVV and Siakam come on) every playoffs team has a good closer on their team you feel comfortable with that has done it in the past multiple times. So I don't think this is a huge advantage since every team basically has one in the playoffs. And most that I list that don't for sure I only do so because I haven't seen it yet in the playoffs so like... yeah they very well might be proven in a months time lol.

Doncic
CP3
Derozan
Durant
Curry

in that order.

Just wanna give a shout out to Marcus Smart, he made huge plays in the clutch two games in a row.

Butler
Bam
Lowry
Tucker
Herro

In no particular order

Well as far as the first two games go Brandon Ingram has had the most impressive closing performance.

But for rest of the playoffs I'd put my money on Giannis being the guy who does the most positive things for his team in clutch time.