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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4004543, member: 3535"] Walton only played in 10 regular season games in 86-87. I also felt that vs most teams down the stretch of 85-86 that the team played better with Walton than with Parish. Walton was a major factor imo. He got 6th man of the year for a reason in 85-86 - he was damn good that season as the season wore on. But as you say they were worn down. In 85-86 Parish played 2567 minutes. In 86-87 he played 2995. In 85-86 McHale played 2397 minutes. In 86-87 he played 3060. in 85-86 Walton played 1546 minutes. In 86-87 he played 112. You can even throw Wedman in there- In 85-86 Wedman played 1402 minutes. In 86-87 he played 38. These minutes then force Dennis Johnson to play more - not a lot overall but more. In 85-86 played 2732. In 86-87 he played 2933. All these minutes add up for an older team. So while Bird played more minutes in 85-86 - he played/started in 81 games averaging 38 minutes. In 86-87 he started in 73 (must've been hurt). And he averaged 40.6 DJ also averaged more minutes per game. And ofc Parish and McHale did too. I believe the points we are both making is that the 86-87 team was not the same team as 85-86. [/QUOTE]