"In the playoffs you don't tell your star player to stop shooting and pass more" yes, you absolutely do? if the players are making their shots but having a hard time getting open or dealing with defenders then more passing can definitely be the right solution.

If your company isn't budgeting/estimating development effort appropriately, then it's going to affect a lot more things then just code reviews: writing good planning documents, adding tests, Q&A, fixing bugs, design polish, small touches, etc. are all going to suffer if the organization is broken in this way.