The NBA playoffs will play out on terms decided by superstars like Stephen Curry, LeBron James and Chris Paul.
But even luminaries like those will need some help, and it'll come from teammates who don't have to perform under the weight of an entire fanbase's hopes and dreams.
Leaving team-leading superstars out of the equation (expectations attached to them are always unreasonably high and, as a result, difficult to exceed), we'll pinpoint some key rotation players and even stars who, for various reasons, may not be on fans' short list of series-swinging influencers.
Using players with zero expectations is cheating. If a guy from the end of the bench manages to get into a game and fling in a lucky bucket, he's exceeded expectations, but only because there weren't any to begin with.
These guys will play key roles for teams with deep playoff runs in mind, and they're all likely to make bigger impacts than most suspect.
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