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With about 17 games to go, 22 of the NBA's 29 teams are either in or within 5 games of making the playoffs

The Good

Steve Nash, Dallas Mavericks
Week's work: 2-2 record, 17.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 8.5 apg, 0.7 spg, 5 triples, 47% shooting
Player of the Day more than Player of the Week but closer to Player of the Year. That's how big that shot was with 2.5 seconds left in regulation against the Kings in the bottom right pocket of Arco Arena on Sunday. It may have been the Mavericks 50th win of the season but, more importantly, it was their first over Sacramento even if it took one Canadian point guard to score 12 of his team's 18 points on 4 of 4 shooting in overtime to do it.

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