The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

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

fake-ass team

lol

“WE WANT BOSTON!” 😬 pic.twitter.com/LyViLAeINl

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 26, 2022

First time Durant or Kyrie have ever been swept.

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) April 26, 2022

it’s been 1029 days since KD & Kyrie signed with the Brooklyn Nets and they have won 1 playoff series total.

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 26, 2022

“WE WANT BOSTON!”

Ah, the euphoria of winning a 7 vs 8 play-in game.

kd missing that second free throw was another clear sign that he has cursed himself and the nets

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

Kyrie Irving since Game 1:

15.3 PPG
37.2 FG%
2-11 3P pic.twitter.com/eU37scjkmL

— StatMusk (@statmuse) April 26, 2022

kyrie 100% clocked out after game 1

gonna be a fascinating offseason there. KD should request a trade to the miami heat

it's amazing, he didn't do a single thing tonight that went beyond a tuesday night in detroit in february level of effort

byrie

gonna be a fascinating offseason there. KD should request a trade to the miami heat

― J0rdan S., Monday, April 25, 2022 9:46 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

such a high likelihood of weird shit with this team will kyrie retire maybe simmons back just never gets better who knows

the sixers…

i don't know if it's possible, but if i'm the nets i'm making calls and trying to trade simmons for any actual basketball player starting first thing tomorrow

very easy to imagine them suddenly being a 20-win team next season

clock might be striking midnight on the sixers shooting

KD and Bron two worst GMs in hoops

it’s hard to quantify the impact of embiid’s injury — he hasn’t felt… present… in the second half of this game. but i also wonder if the van vleet injury might weirdly be helping the raptors. he looked really bad on defense and wasn’t adding much on offense either aside from random long threes… it felt like the sixers size was really bothering him. without him they def have possessions where they look like a team without a PG in its rotation but their defense also looks way better to the point the trade off might be worth it

Nets only team this year to not win a single playoff game

they got a playin game tho

thats an in not an off

sixers at home in game 7 trying not to become the first team to ever blow a 3-0 lead has the chance to be one of the most toxic environments in NBA history

oh that would be good

James Harden in the playoffs:
— 11/29 (37.9%) from 3
— 14/38 (36.8%) from inside the 3pt line

— pickuphoop (@pickuphoop) April 26, 2022

yeah that's something i could really get into

With the loss, Sixers head coach Doc Rivers has fallen to 15-31 in clinching opportunities in his coaching career, per @ESPNStatsInfo.

Rivers has now lost 7 of his last 8 close-out opportunities. His 31 losses in those games are already the most by a coach in NBA history. pic.twitter.com/7xfAxmzQAG

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) April 26, 2022

firmly convinced that every single person involved in the harden-simmo trade is now curséd most terrible

makes sense tbh

Yes

Luka

I know it's incredibly difficult to blow a 3-0 lead and that's why it's never happened but if any combination of people could do it it's Harden, Doc, and an injured Embiid

The three time DPOY is giving up a lot of points

Get the jazz outta here yuck. 57 points with 11 left in the 4th

at least donovan mitchell was in the game with the jazz down 26 mins with 4 mins left and pulled his hamstring

luka made some insane threes in this game

my main takeaway as far as the jazz is concerned is that donovan mitchell doesn’t wanna be on that team anymore

jazz should trade him for ben simmons obviously

honestly, if mitchell demands a trade and is able to somewhat dictate where he goes, simmons, the picks they got from philly and whatever else they need to throw in to get that done prob isn’t a wholly unrealistic scenario

I feel bad for Embiid. He is basically playing one-handed, can't dribble or play D, and he's still the Sixers best player.

They should probably shut him down for the season. There is a good chance they lose the series regardless.

Franchise is just cursed.

vibe check

Embiid on Harden only taking 11 shots: "I've been saying all season since he got here, he needs to be aggressive and he needs to be himself. That's not really my job, that's probably on coach to talk to him and tell him to take more shots"

Full quote: pic.twitter.com/vc5WIpROLO

— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) April 26, 2022