The modern day Admiral is Garnett. Chris Paul (whose choking narrative is overblown b/c he gets injured in the playoffs or goes up against superior opponents) is more like Isiah Thomas who also couldn't get past the 2nd rd until Dumars/Rodman arrived.
Isiah Thomas essentially lost the '87 ECF w/ a terrible turnover:
Isiah also had a game winner similar to Chris Paul's Gm 7 series clincher: