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Fritz Quindt takes the pulse of playoff performers on the tube, NBA and NHL television network analysts going in different directions:
Darren Pang, ESPN/ABC. Unappreciated for 10 years, now indispensable. He's a former goalie, like Tim McCarver was a catcher. As the Wild-Avalanche series turned on netminding, the best analyst with the funny name explained it all.
Jeff Van Gundy, TNT. A tour de force in his first full season, analyzing games as adroitly as fellow ex-coach Mike Fratello; notice Fratello was sent to other first-rounders so Van Gundy could solo. The personality implant looks good on Van Gundy, too.
Greg Anthony, ESPN. Wasn't an NBA Shootaround starter at the start of the season but has emerged as everything Tim Hardaway wasn't-an authoritative, trustworthy TV rookie with some of Charles Barkley's moves behind the desk. ...