The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

tbf rudy is a very good rim runner which one more thing than thybulle can do

i'd just be happy there are no deandre jordan or faded kobe selections becaise there are normally a couple

jrue is a bit of a reputation pick though obviously he can still crank it up when it matters

i wld like to see dub-mavs go 7 this is a cool matchup

jrue is absolutely deserving

everyone knows that jrue and giannis are great defenders but the bucks didnt actually play great defense this year, def coasting a bit plus lopez being out hurt them

Lol dubs just throwing the ball away like usual

its a thing they enjoy doing

steph warming up tho

Seems like dubs not wanting to do a PHX G7 thing

not great from dray so far

Warriors missing GPII tonight. Lee is terrible

h8 when im trying to step over a tall latvian and he stands up

lol why is dray trying to get thrown out its only the 2nd quarter

Poole hasn’t looked sharp for a while

Yeah even without GPII it seems impossible that the Dubs needs Lee in their rotation at all at this stage of the offs

xps

bet on the mavs under the assumption that teams will just alternate blowouts this whole postseason. it’s working so far

Hard to imagine Draymond is going to make it through this whole game with how chippy he’s acting

Hard to imagine Draymond is going to make it through this whole game with how chippy he’s acting

refs doing their best to not throw him out

i know a lot of ppl dont like lukas exaggerated incredulousness but i think the faces he makes are funny he should make a wrestling cameo some time

Splash bros getting thoroughly outsplashed

So much of these playoffs are one team goes 14/26 from 3 in one half and the other team loses.

Yeah that make-or-miss league, high variance stuff is my least fav thing about the hoisting era

still think at the very least they should widen the court so that the corner three isnt closer

it’s prob anecdotal but it does feel like there’s been 2 or 3 close great games in these playoffs and then a bunch of hoist feuled blowouts

there was just an article about this but i didnt read it

Nets-Boston Game 1, Embiid buzzer beater, what else?

few close game in the celtics bucks series not buzzer beaters but single digits

Omg that shot.

the mavs are ground zero really. the jazz series had some close games but in the suns series there were margins of 20, 19, 30, 27 and 33. game 1 of this series was 25 and we’ve got a 14 point margin here at half

i'm going to say this is as clear terms as i can: the refs need to actually take charge of something and get the mavs end of bench guys off of the motherfucking court.

Nets-Boston Game 1, Embiid buzzer beater, what else?

Grizz-TWolves Game 5 is the other one I was trying to remember.

The Mavs on are on pace to shoot more 3s than any team in any series ever.

No team has ever taken more than 57% of their shots from 3-point range in a postseason series - Dallas has taken 75 of their 130 shots from downtown in this series (57.7% of their shots)

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 21, 2022

Mavs gotta wake up

see like I don't think this is compelling basketball. just jack up 3s every other possession and score 40 one quarter then 10 the next

another completely insane kevon looney playoff game

No exaggeration: Mark Cuban is inches from the floor pic.twitter.com/Cis5z0xPU3

— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) May 21, 2022

fuck outta here with this

Mavs seem so cooked right now

Beautiful hesitation.

mavs do not have a complete team to go this deep and win

sheesh Mavs didn't even cover

as a team they aren't up to GSW's level

Dallas has the Warriors right where they want them.

Cuban needs to act like he’s been here before, rube shit

mavs defense really broke down tonight in a shocking way but i think there’s a pretty good shot they make this 2-2. the warriors have been a high wire act in every single road game these playoffs and the mavs only loss at home was game 1 vs utah

Golden State takes the 2-0 lead after their 126-117 victory.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 21, 2022

good to know