With the help of my Floor Impact Counter, here are the top-30 performers of the playoffs through Thursday night's games.

* Player, Team: Total Playoff FIC (Per 40 minutes)

1. Chris Paul, NOH: 242 (22.1)

The NBA's most productive player in the regular season has also been it's best player in the playoffs.  He's scored 30 or more points in four games, is shooing over 50% and has a 6.87 assist/turnover ratio.

2. Kevin Garnett, BOS: 218 (19.6)

Garnett is averaging 20.0 points and 10.3 boards at home compared to 21.2 and 9.0 rebounds on the road, with a +2.0 FG% at home, so the knocks on the road game can't be solely traced here.

3. LeBron James, CLE: 203 (17.7)

LeBron's effectiveness has fallen off in every major category with the exception of blocks and assists (though negated by the turnover increase).  He had a 21.5 per 40 FIC in the regular season, so this 3.8 drop is comparable to Rudy Gay becoming Raja Bell.

4. Tim Duncan, SAS: 200 (18.8)

Duncan is averaging an FIC game score of 23.0 during their seven playoff wins and 9.8 during their four losses.

5. Dwight Howard, ORL: 198 (18.8)

Howard's per game FIC score jumped from 13.7 last year to 19.8 during Orlando's 10-game run this season, a sizable jump in what has been a breakout season.  With the exception of Game 2 and 3 against Detroit, he was far more effective against Toronto.

6. Deron Williams, UTA: 191 (16.3)
 
With the exception of Game 5 of the Houston series, Williams has played at an extremely high level, including a terrific 29 and 14 on 69% shooting in the Game 4 win.

7. Kobe Bryant, LAL: 189 (20.7)  

Bryant's consistent floor game has him playing his best playoff basketball of his career, as he easily has the second best per 40 minute FIC.

8. David West, NOH: 171 (15.6)

West has slightly elevated his game in his first postseason and had a very impressive 38, 14 and 5 in their Game 5 win against the Spurs.

9. Pau Gasol, LAL: 171 (18.4)  

If you throw out his ineffective outing in their Game 3 loss, Gasol has been just about as perfect as the Lakers need him to be.

10. Mehmet Okur, UTA: 157 (14.7)  

Okur has been far more valuable in the playoffs than he was in the regular season, as he is rebounding at a much higher clip.  

11. Tony Parker, SAS: 151 (14.3)

Parker's regular season 2.51 assist/turnover ratio has dropped to 1.94, but he has upped his points per game from 18.8 to 25.2.
 
12. Lamar Odom, LAL: 145 (16.3)  

Odom has been consistently awesome during the Utah series, particularly on the glass where the Jazz usually hold a big advantage.

13. Tayshaun Prince, DET: 144 (13.3)  

Prince has scored in double-figures in each of Detroit's 11 playoff games while shooting 56.2% from the floor.

14. Rajon Rondo, BOS: 140 (15.2)  

Rondo his five 3-pointers during the entire season, but is 4-10 in the playoffs, including two big ones in Game 5.  He had a 13.4 per 40 FIC, 11.8 in 06-07, so this represents another significant uptick in his career.

15. Rashard Lewis, ORL: 136 (13.0)

With the exception of his brilliant Game 3 performance (33 points on 11-15 shooting and 5-6 from three), he was rendered almost entirely useless as they leaned heavily on Hedo Turkoglu.

16. Carlos Boozer, UTA: 130 (12.8)  

Boozers per 40 FIC has dropped from 18.2 to 12.8 in the playoffs largely because of a severe decrease in field goal percentage (54.7 to 42.5).  He has shot over 50% in just four games and just once since Game 3 of the Houston series.

17. Manu Ginobili, SAS: 123 (13.8)

We're still waiting for Ginobili to have one of those trademark performances, but those typically occur in close games and the Spurs haven't played once since they closed out the Suns and he had a -0.9 FIC game score in that one.

18. Tyson Chandler, NOH: 122 (13.2)  

Chandler was a 15.7 per 40 FIC performer in the regular season, but he's struggled on the road in the postseason, averaging just 4.8 points and 6.8 rebounds in those games compared to 8.2 points 12.3 rebounds in fleur-de-lys-ville.

19. Richard Hamilton, DET: 120 (11.4)  

Hamilton has had a slight decline from his 12.3 regular season per 40 FIC.  Hamltion had a per game FIC of 10.6 during their title run 10.9 this season, so his level of play remains for the most part constant.

20. Zydrunas Ilgauskas, CLE: 119 (14.4)  

Ilgauskas continues to be a valuable 15-foot threat that forces defenses to pull out of the paint and therefore clears space for LeBron.  He is shooting 51.2% from the floor, which is an uptick from his season mark of 47.4%.

21. Paul Pierce, BOS: 117 (11.1)

Pierce was of course embarrassingly awful in that Game 1 win over Cleveland with a -6.0 FIC game score, but Game 4 was only marginally better.  There is little chance for Boston to win anything if he remains such an inefficient scorer.

22. Hedo Turkoglu, ORL: 113 (11.3)  

Turkoglu continued to turn the ball over with inexcusable frequency and was not nearly as effective as a scorer against Detroit as he was in the first series against the Raptors.

23. Dirk Nowitzki, DAL: 105 (20.0)

Nowitzki's 21.1 per game FIC average was up significantly over last year's performance against Golden State when it was at just 15.8.

24. Jameer Nelson, ORL: 105 (12.6)  

Even though he wasn't the best point guard on the floor until the final two games of the Detroit series, Nelson had a solid playoff run.

25. Rasheed Wallace, DET: 104 (11.2)

Wallace has played more consistently since his two point effort in Game 3 at Philadelphia.

26. Tracy McGrady, HOU: 104 (16.8)  

McGrady still has never left the first round, but his performance against Utah was effective and admirable.

27. Peja Stojakovic, NOH: 104 (10.2)

Peja will continue to be a wildcard for the Hornets; they are 6-1 when he makes two or more 3's and 1-3 when he makes one or less.

28. Chauncey Billups, DET: 103 (14.7)  

Billups is clearly Detroit's most important player, but they are 2-0 in the two games he has missed, as Lindsay Hunter played well in Game 4 and Rodney Stuckey in Game 5.

29. Ray Allen, BOS: 98 (8.6)

Allen shot 44.5% in the regular season (39.8% from three), but has dropped to 39.5% from the floor and 34.4% from beyond the arc and was completely shutout of Game 1 versus Cleveland.  Allen will all but have lost his seat with the Boston Three Party to Rondo when the music of the playoffs stops.

30. Al Horford, ATL: 91 (13.2)

Despite being the Bronze guy in the 2007 Draft, Horford has Oden and Durant in terms of quality playoff basketball.

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