The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

real west coast privilege being exercised over here

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, May 4, 2022 9:54 AM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

its true. but also i dont care about sports radio and never really have.

Favorite Mike and the Mad Dog story:

A few years ago, circumstances (Knicks-Pacers, conference finals in Indianapolis, Francesa’s hotel room not ready) placed the two of them for an hour or so in a hotel room together—a rare occurrence. (When they are on the road, they often stay in separate hotels. “I always stay in the best hotel,” Francesa told me.) Chris Carlin, their producer at the time, who now has a show of his own on WFAN, walked in to find them watching “The Horse Whisperer.” Carlin started to speak, but they shushed him; on the TV screen Robert Redford was breaking up with Kristin Scott Thomas. When the scene was over, Russo said, solemnly, “Mikey, he had to do it, he had to do it.”

“It was the right move, Dog,” Francesa replied. “The right move.”

lmaoooo

lol

hahah that rules

The one silver lining to last night's game is that it took a heroic effort from Ja and completely frozen shooting from the Warriors for the Griz to win by 5 in Memphis. Sorry for the basic take btw.

― Human-shaped trash bag (Leee), Wednesday, May 4, 2022 11:56 AM (thirty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

funny how after the Warriors won Game 1 my takeaway was "the Grizz may have a chance" but after losing Game 2 it's "no they actually don't"

lolllll but damn fellas way to spoil the movie.

lmao that mike and dog story is incredible

this is what i think every time he touches the ball

Kyle Anderson pump faked in the corner with no one defending him and then just walked to the rim. It's like there's a time bubble around him

— Brian (@BrianJDraft) May 4, 2022

this is now a slo mo thread

Kyle Anderson’s shot loads up like musket

— blue monday person (@sagebeatlove) May 4, 2022

had no idea that was chris russo! jj is good btw been saying this

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FR425UiUcAEEYJN?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

Ja El flying back to Krypton to be reunited with his family.

beautiful photo

Would hang above my bed with a little sign that said “where dunks happen”

p sure i whispered “mother of god” when he elevated for that dunk

if that’s the one near the end of the half - really was genuinely astonished, as if he’d hit some heretofore unavailable turbo button

oladipo playing some serious defense on harden tonight

james harden is cooked baby rip james harden

he hasnt scored 25 in a game yet this playoffs

this is a man who averaged 34 a game TWO YEARS AGO

my god hes totally going to do it

Still plenty of opportunities for Philadelphia to win the series, but if they don’t, I wonder if Morey starts thinking about trading Maxey/Thybulle/etc for a “guy”

— Trenton Hassles Carmelo (@TrentonHassles) May 5, 2022

the allure of a "guy" can be so strong

would you trade maxey for beal or lillard straight up? i think “no” is a defensible answer

Ben Simmons to undergo more back surgery

19 points on 6-11 FG, 3-4 from 3 for oladipo tonight w/ excellent defense. if he can just be a legit 3 and D player who can handle the ball a bit that would be huge. he’s already done way more in the offs than i thought he would

suns looking extremely dialed in so far this series

mavs defense dies after two rotations

would you trade maxey for beal or lillard straight up? i think “no” is a defensible answer

trade for lillard and hire diantoni lets go

This is just a bad matchup for the mavs. Suns have owned them over the last few years

ayton fading hook over the double team thats nasty

Luka denying the fadeaway after freezing cam j just to pivot and dive back in for the and one was hilarious

lol he wiped him out

ayton is the rare 16 game center. in the regular season he feels extraneous but he can actually hurt these small lineups in the playoffs

would you trade maxey for beal or lillard straight up? i think “no” is a defensible answer

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, May 4, 2022 10:00 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

beal--absolutely not. lillard maybe if i can get off harden at the same time.

there's a generational shift happening out there right now.

feels like one of those games where the Mavs will be down between 7 and 14 all game

luka trying to do it all himself and thats not gonna work

Might net them a win or two but that’s it

Lmao what are the suns doing

Was that like 12 offensive foul calls in a 30 second span?

its reffing time baby

they just like collectively forgot how to play basketball

was thinkin it would be cool if you could buy ref jerseys to rep your fave ref

uhh Luka you okay bud

This game is gross

was thinkin it would be cool if you could buy ref jerseys to rep your fave ref

booker’s improvement defensively is so amazing

Prob the suns biggest storyline this year as to why they are so good

Lol

I want the 3 hours I spent doing a detailed dive (because I was asked to) to analyze who the better initiator was LD or DSJ - because some of our guys weren't quite sure yet a month and a half into his rookie year - never a worse "can you back it up with data" moment in my life

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) May 5, 2022