The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

i respect it

philly not looking real sharp here

in a shocking development for this series the home team is raining threes while the road team looks like they found out what basketball was this morning

putting everything else aside i was convinced embiid would come out in china shop wrecking mode with one of those 12 point 8 rebound first quarters but it just seems clear he doesn’t have that in him after these injuries

yeah he dove to save a ball and got up holding his knee and his back which afaik are not official injuries

Ja Morant has been diagnosed with a bone bruise in his right knee and is doubtful to return this postseason, the Grizzlies said Tuesday. https://t.co/6iI7JQfbBJ

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) May 10, 2022

Oh my god get Embiid out of there

oy vey joel

yeah its over let the man heal

i understand why doc was losing it but that was just a bad break

the two genders

If you're Kane Fitzgerald you gotta just let him vent there. Unless he said something truly awful you can't give a tech when his best player is crumpled under the basket like that.

— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) May 11, 2022

He ran out on the floor during live play, and then went ballistic on what was a good non-call that he clearly couldn't see from where he was. https://t.co/3DXBc3L3jR

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) May 11, 2022

Yeah that tech was bullshit. I know it was an accident but your best dude just got boinked in his broken eye socket

Embiid seems like such a liability right now, he’s running at like 50%

In a sign of how things are going for the 76ers, DJ Khaled just pretended to check into the game and gave Erik Spoelstra a shoulder massage, both of which the crowd loved. Miami is up 18.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) May 11, 2022

i just assumed dj khaled did that at every home game

i can’t remember a series where the home/road disparity was as great as this one

Not a great series to watch

mavs answered the bell tonight

hitting some tough shots late in the shot clock so far

mavs play with discipline, not a lot of mistakes. still need the 3s to fall

it's fun watching booker when he's on

luka has been pretty bad tonight

the suns have missed sooooo many shots from both three and at the rim

Reggie is calling one of his worst games imo. Harlan seems like he’s slippin too, missing opportunities to get hyped then hyping the wrong plays.

the suns have missed sooooo many shots from both three and at the rim

ayton woke up

Yes he did

Deandre Wiggins

yeah, ayton has great touch around the rim but sometimes i want to be all bill walton "throw it down big man!"

it’s extra crazy bcuz he’s a really good FT shooter for a center. but he’s taken 13 FTs in 4.5 games this series

Have the mavs score this half yet?

Wiggins has never been that efficient

We've never seen a team lose a 2-2 Game 5 by 30+ and come back and win the series.

The big winners are 10-0 in eventually winning series.

So... we'll see what the 76ers and Mavericks can do this week to buck that history.

— Law Murray 🧾 (@LawMurrayTheNU) May 11, 2022

some close games haha

ayton def soft one thing is hes pretty slight with a high center of gravity so i cld def see how he tended towards more of a finesse game also doesnt seem like he has great flexibly which prevents him from getting low and powering through guys but playing soft is still a bad habit he needs to get after it more even if hes not ideally built for a physical game

prob the biggest reason the suns lost last year was they have no one who can even pretend to defend giannis he was just cooking ayton over and over, better hope the bucks dont get through again this year

looked up his weight and the official stats have him giannis and kd all within 10lbs of each other which just cant be true

yeah it’s a specific flaw in that match up for them. you need thick strong dudes vs giannis… PJ tucker, grant williams, horford etc. guys who are tall/long but can’t anchor vs him and make it hard for him to move don’t really have a shot. and the suns don’t have that guy

yeah height not even the main factor, smart guarded him extremely well the other night

i’m ridiculously stoked for tonight. i read that the games in milwaukee were scheduled so soon after work that the stands were only half full for tipoff! i thought i detected a kind of sleepiness in the opening minutes tbh

ayton was great on jokic last year tho. also ayton being soft doesn't prevent him from doing what he's really good at, which is catching the ball in the paint and making those little shots

Wiggins has never been that efficient

― symsymsym, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 10:02 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i just mean the mindset and the lack of aggression. they both prefer finesse finishes rather than using their physical gifts to overpower people and slam it home. whenever people talk about either player its 'thats the player they need to see every game if they want to win' and 'if only they would just do that on every play...' over and over. another similarity is they are now both in their ideal/preferred roles as 3rd/4th options. wiggins seems to be content with that and has bought into his role, this offseason we'll find out what ayton thinks of it (and how the suns view him).

yeah I guess it's just that wiggins didn't find a way to contribute to a winning team until this year, and ayton is an integral piece of a team that made the finals and had the best record in the NBA.

tbf he was on the timberwolves

lol

if wiggins had ant's motor...

da votes

Jayson Tatum finished 6th in MVP voting, between Luka Doncic and Ja Morant. Tatum only got 4th and 5th place votes. pic.twitter.com/husNwbq977

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) May 11, 2022

surprised how much joker cleaned up here

Giannis I love you but please stop shooting 3s

these early shot clock bricks from downtown got to go

home whites look great on the celtics

derrick white cooking grayson allen over an open flame lol

dunking a good plan for bucks they should keep doing that

Celtics with 0 turnovers thus far