The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

the funny thing about the nets is that going into next season simmons with be "healthy" and they'll get some other guy and be betting favorites again so a whole new crop can lose their money

my god desmond bane is out of his mind

got out of the blocks fast

watch the second row, the security guard was putting in detective work pic.twitter.com/09fFb0Zvrd

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 24, 2022

lol, I wonder if he had had his eye on her for a while

some absurd calls here

griz starters fouls: 6, 5, 5, 4, 5

don't think i've seen that in a non-ot game before

gotta tip the cap to KAT tonight, he was great

ja wasn’t really involved in crunch time and memphis offense looked pretty dicey to me. brooks and bane are really nice players but they feel one creator short to me. some of ja’s layups were unbelievable tho

Extremely weird game from ja. Looked like he wasn’t trying at all tbf or just out there injured as a decoy.

Off a missed free throw what on earth is this Ja Morant sheesh. pic.twitter.com/sBBekWPfPW

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) April 24, 2022

KD when guarded by Tatum this series:

10 points
10 turnovers

He’s made only 2 baskets vs Tatum in 3 games. pic.twitter.com/sFEnowHV3m

— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 24, 2022

🐦[Off a missed free throw what on earth is this Ja Morant sheesh. pic.twitter.com/sBBekWPfPW🕸
— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) April 24, 2022🕸]🐦

he did have 15 assists and 8 rebounds not a great shooting game tho

He just didn’t look like himself out there maybe the foul trouble had him out of sorts

yeah i only kinda watched the first half so idk

something seems off physically with him.

Jordan Clarkson really looks like he is in Bone Thugs n Harmony

kat has a lot of jameis winston energy to him. him finding him hard to root for.

lol xp its true

Kyrie: "I don't wanna be cliche but I don't know how you make up time from October to now."

— Kristian Winfield #NFTAllStar (@Krisplashed) April 24, 2022

lol classic kyrie

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FREsH1lWQAECag-?format=jpg&name=medium

lol quoted it instead of image tagging
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FREsH1lWQAECag-?format=jpg&name=medium

he did have 15 assists and 8 rebounds not a great shooting game tho

otm

Xp to that LA-BKN graphic - it is pretty remarkable how many All-Star appearances these rosters combined for… with Harden it must have been like in the 50s or 60s… kinda wild how that blinded so many people to the fact that it is 2022 tho

“The ball should be going in the rim a little bit more, we should be getting stops on the defensive end, our defense shouldn’t be collapsing as often and then that possession happens and we’re on camera and everybody’s watching,” Irving said. “But that’s just us being brothers, and we expect the mountain-high greatness out of one another. And when we’re not living up to that, I think it definitely hits our heart a little bit and that expression emotionally is honest and I honor that, so just move on to the next thing.”

KAT why do you have to be such a weirdo???

My friend and I died laughing last night when he says "as you can tell, I'm not excited"

Plus Twitter has been clowning him trying to talk in a deep voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd836cv4QwA

Greyson once again terrorizing the Bulls

Lmaoooo Holiday with the heat check 3

Joel Embiid has a torn ligament in his right thumb, the MRI confirms. #Sixers

— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) April 24, 2022

bad

Yeah Embiid looking like he might have a Chris Paul sorta career

was hoping horf would have another chance to son him

If Grayson was around in Jordan’s era the Bulls would have 0 rings

it’s hard to imagine a worse fate for bulls fans. you hate to see it

I was right

actually the rules state that playoff stats accumulated against teams that were under .500 in the second half of the season don’t actually count :[ so unfortunately we must revisit this one after the celtics series

Joel Embiid will require surgery to address the ligament tear in his right thumb, but that procedure will wait until after the Sixers' season, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 24, 2022

yeah if hes gonna play like he did last game its over

actually the rules state that playoff stats accumulated against teams that were under .500 in the second half of the season don’t actually count :[ so unfortunately we must revisit this one after the celtics series

yes, jordan, you'd save matt a lot of time and energy repeating himself if you just stop disagreeing with his opinions

Warriors seem a little off

jokic seems a little on

Bulls fans at the United Center haven't had much to cheer about in their last few playoff series.

0-2 at home vs Bucks 2022
0-3 vs BOS 2017
1-2 vs CLE 2015
2-1 vs MIL 2015
0-3 vs WAS 2014
0-2 vs MIA 2013

3-13 at home last 6 series.

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) April 24, 2022

ESPN Sources: The Nets and Ben Simmons expected he would be ready to play on Monday, but after getting on the court yesterday Simmons says he awoke with back soreness today. In the end, the team and Simmons agreed he'll remain out for Game 4.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 24, 2022

Simmo the Soreness.

yes, jordan, you'd save matt a lot of time and energy repeating himself if you just stop disagreeing with his opinions

looool simmo