Dorofeyev and Nelson Set for a Western Final Collision

The Western Conference Final is bringing together two players with the kind of under-the-radar value coaches love and opponents hate. Dorofeyev and Nelson are being framed as “shadow Stars,” which is the nicest way of saying they can tilt a series without always owning the spotlight. That is often where playoff series are really won, because depth scoring and matchup answers matter more than the marquee names once the pace tightens.