The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

he couldve zoomed in but no he put on a brand new polo and showed up in person

legendary work

Dame weighing in Twitter is a blessing

Bra on TV acting like his word law. Speaking on private convos and praying on mfs downfall. This weird behavior smh 🤷🏽‍♂️ … I ain’t got a horse in the race https://t.co/F6Cln8BBst

— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) May 16, 2022

stars hang together. they don't like to be brought down by role players

PatBev has always been an incendiary kind of character. He just woke up and felt like burning CP3 to the ground.

i support pat bev going off on tv because it's funny, not because i take him seriously

is there something i've missed? they got traded for each other (not straight-up lol) a while back, but why is patbev so insistent on this truth-telling?

because he's patbev and he has strong feelings about stuff and not much in the way of filters on them

didn't CP3 bait Pat Bev into a dumb, essentially series-clinching technical foul last year? idk maybe he's still bitter about that

but I also think he wants to be the next Stephen A. once he retires from being the greatest NBA defender ever

i feel like if you've watched chris paul play you could understand why an opponent might want to go on national TV and slander him mercilessly...

dame otm

nba needs to take note of the ratings the celtics are delivering to them and respond in kind with favorable calls

Celtics-Bucks Game 7 was the most watched Eastern Conference Semifinals game since 2012, averaging 7.5 million viewers per ESPN.

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) May 17, 2022

They haven't already? ;)

outrageously, no

Celtics‘ Al Horford and Marcus Smart are out for Game 1 vs. Miami tonight. Horford is in health and safety protocols.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 17, 2022

eesh

wtffff

boo

hiss

wait this is horfords 3rd time this season??

yeah guess so hes said that hes vaxxed fwiw, idk what he up to in his spare time tho

hopefully they can get a couple good games out of rob here uhhh

Boston is prepared for the likely scenario of Al Horford remaining in the league’s Health and Safety Protocols through Game 2 on Thursday, sources said. https://t.co/QsWWjKDRcq

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 17, 2022

thies vs bam is def the sequel nobody wanted to see

postpone it imo

brutal

oh ffs

random thought but does jimmy dog it from 3 all reg season so teams leave him open in the playoffs to shoot?

he is crazy enough to do that

celtics came to play baby

was wondering which celtic who hasnt played in months was gonna get minutes tonight, its nesmith

i do not think jimmy is secretly a sharpshooter he's just a 33% guy. no clue why his % has been so low with miami

man pritchard is a pretty good rebounding guard

yeah good nose for the ball

celtics are so happy to not be seeing giannis and lopez in the lane lol

yes, this feels very very different so far

yeah its so different. one of the things i love about bball tons of matchup variety on the team level

excellent first half from the cs but i am very unsure about their decision to play drop with butler/herro coming off picks, im sure theyd be switching if marcus and horf were playing but still

those guys can kill you from midrange all day

with horf and marcus out they just dont have enough playmaking when tatum sits

One potentially worrisome number for the Celtics: Tatum played nearly 23 minutes in the first half. The 1:13 he sat was an utter disaster. Without Smart and Horford, Tatum could need to play a ton of minutes in this one.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 18, 2022

the fact that they're controlling this without 2 of their best 5 guys is a big deal but i expect it will get nip and tuck at some point in the second half

heat need to turn up the intensity they coasted through the first 2 rounds

celtics need to do a rebound

refs really letting their presence be felt this quarter

Heat should pretend every quarter is the 3rd

this is insane

good advice from coach spo at halftime to start playing defense

we need a live Stephen A. reaction box

i actually can't think of anything i want less than that

Cs have had the ball poked away from them approximately 30 times this quarter