The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

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

Leaving him off the top 75 really aged like milk

pleasantly surprised and happy for big honey. would have been fine with any of the big 3 winning it tho

glad they got it right

crazy

Spoelstra last night: "They had a handful of possessions that went all the way down to the end of the clock and made some big shots."

Indeed. The Sixers were an amazing 13-for-17 (6-for-8 from 3) in the last 6 seconds of the shot clock in Game 4 (via Second Spectrum).

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) May 9, 2022

that pretty nuts. i wonder what the normal percentages are in the last 6 seconds of shot clock

2017 league-wide effective field goal percentage was 59 percent in the first six seconds of the shot clock, 52 percent with 6-18 seconds on the clock, and just 43 percent in the last six seconds of the clock, according to Second Spectrum.

nice. 7 seconds or less suns had it right

why are they being so weird about this?

Ja Morant didn’t go through shootaround. Asked what injury specifically is, Taylor Jenkins said the injury is still being evaluated. He said Morant underwent an MRI but he won’t say the results. Asked if Morant will try to warmup before game, Jenkins said still to be determined.

— Ohm Youngmisuk (@NotoriousOHM) May 9, 2022

Maybe because the nature of the injury doesn't line up with their Jordan Poole vulcan nerve pinch complaints.

same reason why the sixers took a 50k fine for pretending embiid wasn't playing even tho everyone knew he was playing

teams in all sports cling to this notion that being secretive about player injuries throws the other team into chaos because they don't know what to prepare for or whatever

i feel like if you prepare for their best player and then they dont play them you've still won the mind game

the grizzlies are better without him :)

and the playoffs are the perfect place to prove it ;-)

Boston says Robert Williams is OUT with left knee soreness.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) May 9, 2022

ayiyi

Celtics already whining after every possession

grayson allen uncontested layup and connaughton blocking your shot… not pretty

Yeah 10 point lead despite missing like 3 layups….love to see it

Wes Matthews really filling the PJ Tucker role nicely

he’s been so good

can't believe he's still around and contributing tbh!

Celtics seem to be bottling up Giannis pretty well and if they can draw charges by flopping it’s gonna be a long night for him. Seems like the kind of game where they could really use someone like Middleton cuz they’ve had open guys from 3

absolutely incredible d on giannis

brown really makes some bad decisions sometimes

i don’t think either team has looked particularly sharp

feels like the bucks are playing 1 on 5 on offense so often without middleton out there. tatum has just felt weirdly absent from both games in milwaukee