Who is earning their pay?

In Game 2 of the Chicago Bulls-Boston Celtics series, Ben Gordon and Ray Allen put on a shooting clinic. Quite frankly, in all my years of watching the NBA, I've never seen two players hit so many consecutive big-time shots for their teams.

For the Bulls and the Celtics' franchises, they were both certainly getting their money's worth for these players.

Then I started thinking about it. Were they really getting their money's worth from these two players?

Allen is slated to make $18,388,430 this season, while Gordon will take home a measly $6,404,750.

If you break it down, Allen has earned $12,823 for every point he scored, $266,498 for every steal he got and $1,414,494 for every block he had this season.

Gordon, on the other hand, earned $3,770 for every point he scored, $90,207 for every steal he got and $291,125 for every block he had.

So who's the better deal? In Game 2, it was Allen, because, after all, you can't put a price on game-winning shots.

In light of wondering who was worth their salary, I did some research on other players who are playing really well for their teams - only playoff teams - and compiled a list of who's worth their money and who's not.

Worth Every Penny

Paul Milsap, Utah Jazz, $797,581 - This year Milsap averaged 13.5 points and 8.6 rebounds a game for the Jazz and was huge for Jerry Sloan's club when Carlos boozer went down.

Glen Davis, Boston Celtics, $797,581 - Is it me or did Big Baby Davis seem to hit every big jump shot in the Celtics' Game 2 win? If Davis didn't hit all those jumpers early on in that game, Allen's game winning 3-pointer would have been nothing more than a meaningless buzzer beater.

In the two games so far, Davis is averaging 22 points and six rebounds while playing 40 minutes a game.

Chris Anderson, Denver Nuggets, $797,581 - They call him the "bird man" because he literally flies in and swats away any shot an opponent puts up. In the Nuggets' first game against New Orleans, Anderson put up nine points, six rebounds and four blocks. On the season, the 6-foot-10 Texas native was averaging 2.5 blocks a game, second only to Dwight Howard.

Antonio McDyess, Detroit Pistons, $600,532 - In the Pistons' loss to Cleveland, McDyess only had 10 points and five rebounds. But in the last few weeks of the regular season, McDyess was huge for the Pistons, putting up nearly double-doubles every night.

Once he was resigned with Detroit in early December, McDyess has been averaging 9.6 points and 9.8 rebounds a game.

Dikembe Mutombo, Houston Rockets, 502,007 - Okay, so Mutombo isn't the best player in the league, but I'd pay the 42-year-old man half a million dollars just to see him wave his finger.

The man did see 18 minutes of play against Portland and grabbed nine rebounds and blocked two shots in that time.

Donyell Marshall, Philadelphia 76ers, $797,581 - Much like Davis for the Celtics, Marshall seemed to hit every clutch bucket for the Sixers in their win over Orlando, including a couple of big-time 3-pointers that helped his team overcome a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit.

Not Worth a Dime

Andre Kirlenko, Utah Jazz, $15,160,000 - Okay, Kirlenko's a good player, but to be paying him that much money for one season is ridiculous, especially when Deron Williams is making half that much.

Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics, $24,751,934 - So I'm not much of a Celtics fan, I'll admit that much, and I'm just wondering how it feels to have that much money sitting on the bench while you struggle against the Bulls. But at least Garnett knows how to tie that double-windsor knot to perfection.

Wally Szczerbiak, Cleveland Cavaliers, 13,775,000 - Hey Cleveland, how does it feel to know you're paying Sczerbiack almost as much money as you're paying LeBron James?

Raef LaFrentz, Portland Trailblazers, $12,722,500 - Seriously Portland? Seriously? LaFrentz averaged 1.7 points and 1.7 rebounds a game this year. He was owned in 0.1 percent of all ESPN fantasy leagues.