In this edition of Top-10 Stats of the Week, the hometown Boston Celtics shut down Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, both Jimmy Butler and Klay Thompson manage to find the fountain of youth, Luka Doncic strikes again for the Dallas Mavericks, and the Pittsburgh Pirates keep disappointing a fanbase that deserves so much more.
5 to 1 -- The Golden State Warriors currently have five players on their playoff roster who've made an All-Star team. As for the Dallas Mavericks -- their 2022 Western Conference Finals opponent -- they have only one. Quite a disparity.
29, 53 -- Miami Heat swingman Jimmy Butler enters their Eastern Conference Finals series against the Boston Celtics with a playoff career-high of 29 points per game on 53-percent shooting. That's really impressive, considering this is his 10th postseason trip and he averaged less than 15 points on less than 30-percent shooting last year.
30 -- Warriors guard Klay Thompson didn't record more than 19 points in the first five games of their Western semifinal bout against the Memphis Grizzlies. But, in a series-clinching Game 6 last week at Chase Center, he managed to score 30 points. "Mr. Game 6" is a real nickname for Thompson.
27 -- At the young age of 23, Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic scored as many first-half points (27) as the Phoenix Suns in Game 7 of their semifinal series. When the final buzzer sounded, the Mavericks walked off the court at Footprint Center as 33-point winners.
20 -- Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie had a 20-point effort off the bench in the first half of Game 7. He outscored Suns superstars Chris Paul and Devin Booker, 20-3, in that half, and finished with 30 points.
Two decades -- And speaking of Doncic and Dinwiddie, they happened to become the first pair of teammates to score 30-plus points in a Game 7 since Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal accomplished the feat with the Los Angeles Lakers two decades ago. That's some nice company.
64 -- The Suns became just the second team in league history to win 64-plus regular season games and fail to reach the Conference Finals.
50% -- The Boston Celtics' defense deserves credit for shutting down the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 7 of their East semifinal series over the weekend. They held MVP finalist Giannis Antetokounmpo below 50-percent shooting on five different occasions. In the first round of the playoffs, Antetokounmpo had zero games of shooting less than 50-percent.
10 - Yankees veteran first baseman Anthony Rizzo now has 10 home runs on the year, joining star teammates Aaron Judge (12) and Giancarlo Stanton (10) in the double-digit homer club. It's the first time in franchise history that they have three players with double-digit jacks within the first 35 games of a year.
13 - The Pittsburgh Pirates recently went 13 consecutive innings without a hit for the first time in 45 seasons. They haven't won a single playoff series since 1979 -- the year they captured the World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.