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Who Has The Upper Hand When Fresh Faces And Grizzled Vets Collide In Playoffs?

May 6th, 2011 Deron Pope Posted in Commentary, NBA Playoffs, NBA Talk

Experience Trumped Youth In 2010

Who has won the “youth vs. experience” battle in recent NBA Playoffs history?   The table below tries to answer the question.  This table shows the playoff series with the top ten age differences between the two teams. (Since 2006)  A cursory glance at the table says experience won 7 out of 10 times, but a closer look shows that in 6 of those 7 wins, the older team was also the higher seed.  The only win that might be solely attributed to experience over youth was the 2007 series between Phoenix and San Antonio; the Spurs were almost five years older the Suns and won that series as the lower seed.

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