The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

Dude is smart, tough, and fun (even when you hate him).

well it’s not a question of whether marcus smart is a great defender. but it also was a wide open year. the rudy fatigue was clear, draymond and bam injuries took them both out of the running (i suspect with bam). the lane was open for a narrative winner

I always laugh at these PR campaigns for awards from teams and agents, but Marcus Smart basically won DPOY with a PR campaign over the last month. Nobody was even discussing him before then.

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) April 18, 2022

Maxey 23/9/8 1 TO, 50% from 3.

glad the celtics decided to run the PR campaign of "having the best defense in the league" the last month or two

Warriors shots look so crisp

the things jalen brunson is doing are not normal

that dude is gonna be very very paid this summer

salute to him

tbf the smart for dopy campaign has been going on for years, it just went mainstream recently

Successful campaigns are built on prolonged message discipline pic.twitter.com/7FbBpkDEJR

— Ryan Bernardoni (@dangercart) April 18, 2022

he’s fun to watch too. very creative game

not sure if leaving the strong side corner open every time is really the right approach for utah at this point in the game

lol they did it again right after i posted that

its crazy how bad the Nugs are the moment Jokic leaves the court

i don't really "like" the "mavs" but man does this series expose my absolute disgust with this jazz squad

same

brunson 41-8-5-2stl

man this steph-klay-poole-wiggins-dray line up is fun to watch

when dray is healthy steph is the best player in the world

the jazz losing a game by doing the definition of insanity thing and letting maxi kleiba and finney smith repeatedly make corner threes as gobert hangs out in the dunker spot guarding nobody was honestly the most predictable event of these playoffs

on its face letting kleiba shoot repeatedly isn’t a bad strategy but how many times are they gonna force themselves to relive the clippers nightmare? why would they even do it to themselves

holy shit Jordan Poole, it's like they have two Currys on their team

hey when youve got a multi time dpoy you cant be messing with the recipe

man this steph-klay-poole-wiggins-dray line up is fun to watch

― J0rdan S., Monday, April 18, 2022 11:05 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

theyre very skilled and mobile extremely small tho, pretty cool

yeah this is a really entertaining team. that Curry dime a minute ago was insane

I mean this is Globetrotters shit

pic.twitter.com/LDi686DvLR

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 19, 2022

halftime entertainment is some type of juggling dup who are wearing tshirts of the club they perform at which is named "fugazi", took me a second

I’m not having a good time

cmon this season was a write off for the nuggs

aw look at this lil guy

If you haven't seen Giannis' scouting report on himself before he was in the NBA, it's worth a watch pic.twitter.com/QqDG1CyxJu

— Matthew McGovern (@MatthewMcGovern) July 21, 2021

god damn the transformation he's made from that to what he looks like now is some anime shit

"im getting the fuck out of here and do not care"

Donovan Mitchell on similarities to Jazz’s defensive issues vs. Clippers last season: “I don’t think any of us are looking at it like, ‘Ah, like it’s last year all over again,’ because we’re healthy. We can do this. We can control that, and I think we will. I know we will.” https://t.co/4ybyRN2esz

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) April 19, 2022

it might be a bit unfair to them. but also like……. they let the same exact thing happen to them lmao

the nuggets are getting thoroughly outplayed but the officiating is outrageous

curry’s +23 in 15 minutes

Jokic lookin like he wants a T

uhh

Will Barton and DeMar Cousins had to be held back from each other by Nuggets teammates during the last timeout.pic.twitter.com/tK3junIJra

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) April 19, 2022

it is straight up unfair that Poole is playing like this

what an incredible display of offensive basketball lord almighty

poole is playing like steph’s brain was transplanted into his body

Poole is just all fun

#28 pick

poole is playing like steph’s brain was transplanted into his body

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 19, 2022 12:05 AM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

seriously. it’s uncanny

Aaron Gordon now 4-of-16 shooting in this series. Warriors comfortable with him taking any jumper he wants.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) April 19, 2022

For some reason I take great pleasure watching cousins pout and whine

This is fun I’m having fun

Pooles been like this for half the season btw but now he’s flanked by curry AND klay so it’s the perfect storm

Boogie seems like a good teammate lovely guy to be around

Pooles been like this for half the season btw but now he’s flanked by curry AND klay so it’s the perfect storm

not a great series for jokic so far….