The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

This was truly beautiful.

Jose Alvarado caused an 8-second violation on Chris Paul. 👀

pic.twitter.com/cUSXhtS7a7

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) April 25, 2022

chris paul having to defeat an upstart little shit in order to preserve his legacy is the most cinematic storyline of the playoffs

its really good. bless the playoffs

Ja Morant

Regular season: 70% FG at the rim

Playoffs: 48% FG at the rim

Also per B-Ball Ref: he has not made a single shot in this series IN-BETWEEN 10 feet and the 3 point line.

in conclusion: THE MID-RANGE MATTERS IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!

— Jason Maples (@JJMaples55_MST) April 25, 2022

we're taking back the midrange jumper, the most noble of basketball shots

ja morant shoot a floater challenge

floaters are an illusion they use mirrors to do them

these guys know every trick in the book

ESPN Sources: Ben Simmons and CEO of Klutch Sports Rich Paul met with GM Sean Marks and Nets leadership today to discuss how they’ll continue to work through the physical and mental hurdles needed to get Simmons back on the court.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 25, 2022

theyre on it

good call to do this kind of diligence before giving up serious assets for him in a trade

wait

tfw you meet with the ceo and the gm and other assorted goons to talk about your mental hurdles on the eve of an elimination game. nice conversation they had i bet

one of the all time great disaster seasons

when your custom character shows up in a cutscene

― frogbs, Sunday, 24 April 2022 01:57 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i have been laughing at this for a straight 24 hrs it's so good

that picture is pure gold for sure lol

https://i.imgur.com/AleOXOv.png

(with apologies to the andrei arshavin thread)

theis is such a butterfingers. also sometimes he should try jumping when he rebounds

love to start off a playoff game with a nice bunch of fouls

it must be said that grand williams is "the kd stopper"

claxton 0-6 from the line!

wtf rakim is doing dont sweat the technique at center court rn

catching up just got to halftime kyrie not even attempting a shot at the end of the half there with 1.5 seconds left lolllllll dude is done

As others have noted, Ben Simmons is not on Nets' bench tonight. I'm told he's not at the arena, because of his ongoing back issues.

— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) April 25, 2022

lol sad shit

similar dynamics to the other games but feels like nets have a better chance to win in this one, celts never quite pulling away. the horf foul trouble hasn’t helped

celtics pretty much coasting so far

Embiid pretty much can't dribble at this point.

Maxey one of the best 3P shooters this year and he keeps giving up the 3P shot for some reason.

claxton 0-6 from the line!

― lag∞n, Monday, April 25, 2022 7:32 PM (fifty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

0-9 broke the record!

god help these young men having horf and timelord crashing the boards simultaneously

claxton oof

rough stuff

they should def go to hack-a-clax once they get closer to that 2 min mark

lol stan van said shooting over kyrie is like shooting over assistant coaches

otm

hack a clax in full effect

lmao at the crowd reaction to Clax hitting one

Thybulle airballing a 3 then missing 2FTs - get this unvaccinated mofo off the team asap.

nets micro lineup sure why not

Here comes Blake

Sixers scored 14 points in the second.

shouldve saved the challenge for tatums 6th foul

legitimately shocked the nets are trying this hard to win…

they could salvage some pride by avoiding the sweep

they're inspired by the effort the refs are putting in on their behalf

have i *ever* seen kd miss a clutch ft not sure

KD making sure he gets to vacation. gotta respect it

goodnight sweet nets

all over but the shouting

Microcosm of Brooklyn's season. They get the miss from Smart, but KD jogs back into the play and Horford is unbothered on the offensive rebound to likely end it.

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) April 26, 2022