The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

Reports that ja is likely out game 4.

Wow that 6th foul on cp what is going on

About as weak a touch call as you’ll see

can't remember a more justified and righteous fouling out

About as weak a touch call as you’ll see

― he was eating Vaseline like it was bunch of cheeseburgers (Spottie), Sunday, May 8, 2022 5:45 PM (one minute ago)

chris threw his hands up doing the "i didn't touch him" thing in the middle of the play aka the universal signal for i just fouled this guy but i hope you don't call it

Haven’t some retired refs said that’s generally how they know who to call the foul on

About as weak a touch call as you’ll see

― he was eating Vaseline like it was bunch of cheeseburgers (Spottie), Sunday, May 8, 2022 5:45 PM (one minute ago)

chris threw his hands up doing the "i didn't touch him" thing in the middle of the play aka the universal signal for i just fouled this guy but i hope you don't call it

finney smith is a really good player

Can all these mavs role players do it on the road in at least 2/3 games remaining?

no

(i mean probably not, idk)

yeah it’s still hard for me to see them winning in phoenix. but i definitely think they can take it 7

kidd made some good adjustments after game 2. they got luka to ease off the gas pedal and play a full game most importantly but he also has basically benched dwight powell and gone as small/shooting heavy as possible. obv they were unreasonably hot today to a degree but they also had that same kinda offense working today as they did vs the jazz, slicing into the lane and repeatedly getting wide open corner threes. brunson has played much better at home, he looked comfortable today working on the jazz perimeter guys

This is kind of crazy:

With Embiid back for Philly, the Heat also had a much different shot profile in Game 3. Through the first two games, they had taken 83 of their 169 shots (49%) from the restricted area or the corners. Those are the most efficient spots on the floor and that’s a very high rate. (The highest for any team in the regular season was 46%.) But on Friday, only 17 of the Heat’s 77 shots (22%) came in the restricted area (where they were 11-for-14) or from the corners (1-for-3). (The lowest rate in the regular season was 33%.)

Guess that could have gone in stats.

this whole sixers-heat series is literally just neither team can make a shot on the road

there may also be an issue with a very large man in a mask

i'm sorry i didn't mean to cause an issue

yeah well

No way is that a flagrant.

they dont like when u hit the head

joel murdered morris rip

embiid and butler having a flop off

Embiid does look pretty cool in that mask

sixers putting together that run with embiid resting is big

xp
Sixers memes calling him The Phantom of the Process, lol.

damn that is good

does Miami plan on making a bucket this quarter

he did a whole bit about it the last time he injured his face

https://i.imgur.com/my4DugK.jpg

I forgot about that!

They not going to look at that?

he laid on the floor and everything

of the dorky theatrical comedy bigs embiid is def the least lame but it's not the coolest club xps

god its been years since I've seen that Harden step back 3 go in during a playoff 4th quarter

harden actually playing good?

I'm stunned.

ummm I don't quite know how to answer that question

Could still live without the slo-mo drives into 2-3 defenders.

like he's definitely been vintage Harden in the 4th

fool's beard

lol

seems like there's too much incentive for hit guys to stay down and hope they draw a flagrant these offs

3-point shooting in the Heat-76ers series:

Philly, 1st 2 games: 14-64, 21.9%
Miami, last 2 games: 14-65, 21.5%

— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) May 9, 2022

would be mighty impressive if Embiid can come back down 0-2 and win them this series despite a busted orbital, a concussion, a fucked up thumb ligament, and James Harden

well harden won them the game tonight so i’m not sure that really scans

sure but it felt like one of those late-career Roethlisberger games where he'd randomly rack up 400 yards & 3 TDs vs a team playing as hobbled & slow as he was

whatever, I'm not gonna be a hater. the NBA needs less haters. he was damn good in the 4th, hitting shots and playing situationally aware, as if he suddenly realized if Philly was gonna advance he was gonna have to be the man again

congratulations nikola joker

Excellent. Gotta love his game.

<3