The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

lotta sportsbooks had the Mavs as nearly a 2:1 favorite that game

Andrew Wiggins is playing the best basketball I’ve ever seen him play!! He had the dunk of the year over Doncic and his Playoff high 27 points and 11 rebounds tonight in the Warriors 109-100 victory.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 23, 2022

#MIAvsBOS INJURY UPDATE: Tyler Herro (groin) has been ruled out of tonight’s Game 4 vs the Celtics.

Jimmy Butler (knee), Kyle Lowry (hamstring), Max Strus (hamstring), Gabe Vincent (hamstring) & P.J. Tucker (knee) will all warm up with the intent to play.

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) May 23, 2022

they should all just rest up take the day off

warming up WITH INTENT

lol

There’s more optimism that Boston’s Robert Williams will return to the lineup than Marcus Smart in Game 4 vs. Miami tonight, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 23, 2022

these teams need to chill this series is a brutal

every game is a surprise, honestly

losing herro but celtics losing smart is a good trade off for the heat

why has herro been so doodoo in the playoffs?

no broken noses fingers or ribs, no concussion protocols, lotta strained knees and players hitting heads on the floor tho

need to do five days between games

yes there should be a brutality scale where nerds crunch some numbers post game and determine how much time the teams need between games to recover, somewhere between 2-5

This series is on Game 4 and there’s absolutely no rhythm to it, feels like pretty much everything is on the table right now

celtics should simply play well until they win the series. don't think miami can deal with that

what about playing good every other game until game seven then take it from there

that only barely worked in the last round, seems like a bad idea

its important to be flexible

its gucci

🎥 @gucci1017 and @KeyshiaKaoir have arrived as well pic.twitter.com/JHhL7N8yNS

— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) May 24, 2022

derrick white 7
heat 0

jaylen on the other hand

still wondering if he has a secret injury, his handle has been worse since last round

yeah could see it

celtics on pace to win 128-8

that would have to be some sort of record

0-14 wild

How the fuck

Per @ESPNStatsInfo and @StatsWilliams: Miami's one point through the first eight minutes is the lowest any team has scored in a playoff game in the last 25 years.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) May 24, 2022

just throwing this out there but did they forget you are supposed to make points

it looked like they were shooting on one of those trick carnival rims that's subtly smaller. every shot just bricking out, you love to see it

The Heat only scored two points in the paint during the first quarter. And they only attempted two 3-pointers.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 24, 2022

yeah jaylen's handle is definitely not under control dunno whats going on there

i love the rob blocks where the shooter never even considered that he could get to it

dipo having his best game in years here

can’t remember a series where the team that won the previous game (or even the previous half) not just looks bad but looks like they totally forgot how to play basketball

yeah not sure whats going on

heat got too many guys who just arent looking to shoot

celtics being up 30 in a bad shooting game sure is something

25-30fts is helping

i guess the takeaway here is that if horford and rob can both stay on the court the heat can't score points and thus can't win

missing herro is hurting them too even tho hes not playing good they dont have enough creation without him

this series sucks

i wonder what percentage of the gametime has been within 10 points

celtics arent even playing good lol tatum has missed so many threes badly

This is a score from the movie Hoosiers

classic basketball film starring gene hackman

rude to omit barbara hershey

has there been like one single lead change in this series?

celtics were ahead by eight at halftime of game one then gave up an 0-22 run to start the third