The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

The ugly game.

omg joel

lol sure

What a shot by Joel.

― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Wednesday, April 20, 2022 10:39 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

It's Lillard Time, except there's no Lillard.

Bucks getting demolished at home wow

joel hit three shots down the stretch that he had no business with, can only tip your cap

maybe the best player theory applies to overtime

not feeling too great about my raptors in six pick

That might be the first end of game playoff situation I can recall going in the Sixers favor in the Embiid era.

maybe the best player theory applies to overtime

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 20, 2022 10:49 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

you def need a guy who can go get a shot which most playoff teams have but the raps do not

didnt see the Bucks going down 18 in this one

we still dont know if the bucks are good

hard to tell with Middleton completely disappearing for a second game in a row

needs to save that for the second round

practice makes perfect

Bucks do this every year and one year they did it and won the title

ideally the Bucks would want someone to pick up the slack when Giannis isn't playing well but it just affects the whole team when he's off

though I will say he seems to be coming alive now

sheesh this Bulls lineup is uh...not good

kyrie ready to go on vacation already

Kyrie Irving says the timing is right for the Celtics to be contending and "the window is now for these guys." Praised Ime Udoka and especially Brad Stevens as the new President.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) April 21, 2022

was wondering if he wants to have to make another trip to boston lol

fwiw his last season in boston he had amazing first game in the 2nd round vs the bucks then dogged it in four straight losses and never looked back, he has a player option next year

Lol Kyrie holy shit

god damn Giannis balls out like crazy to get em close and the Bucks immediately give up an 11-0 run

oh 13-0

I’m happy for Demar

cool Portis and Middleton both injured

fucking hellllllllll what a horrorshow of a game

bucks not looking real sharp

jrue had a decent look for a three when they really couldve used one and just had no intention of shooting dumped it inside to a doubled giannis

Yeah because he had that same look a minute prior and bricked it badly

that was a pretty bad brick tbf but still the bucks need him to take the shot

Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer tells reporters that Khris Middleton sprained his MCL and will have an MRI on Thursday.

— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) April 21, 2022

oh man

total shots made by the Nets after halftime yesterday: 11

by kyrie: 1

by kd: 0

fwiw his last season in boston he had amazing first game in the 2nd round vs the bucks then dogged it in four straight losses and never looked back, he has a player option next year

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 20, 2022 11:41 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

This is what Kyrie sounded like when he was tanking playoff games in Milwaukee during his last year here 😭 https://t.co/WVycnhFpbD

— A.K (@Kungu_NBA) April 21, 2022

said it before but doesnt seem like kyrie cares for playing in the nba that much

he floats above it all... just asking questions, making observations, which teams are rising and falling, things of that nature

hes played 103 regular season games over the last three seasons

when we gonna get an update on Middleton

why are there no games in the good conference tonight

I’ve been thinking about how Kyrie is sort of like Maravich, this guy with personal demons and more finesse skill than a sane person can have maybe

would be pretty funny if this was in a sweep

Brooklyn Nets three-time All-Star Ben Simmons plans to make his season debut in Game 4 vs. Boston on Monday as long as rehab remains on course, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Simmons is set to play his first game since June 2021.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 21, 2022

play 12 minutes in the season

the timing of the return is just the perfect kicker to the bizarro simmo season

nets asked themselves the question can a team of all weird malcontents work and when it did not they traded for another one

They even added another weirdo in Drummond

yikes

Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker could miss 2-to-3 weeks with a Grade 1 hamstring strain, @WindhorstESPN reports: https://t.co/qVtopVU3Ld

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 21, 2022

they should be fine. thats likely middle of the second round. biggest fear would be luka comes back healthy and beats the jazz