The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

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

wild stuff

rob was pretty ineffective vs the bucks but hes seeming completely crucial in this matchup

you know its going well when horf is hamming it up

this series sucks

― Spottie,

both cf have been uh let's say uninspiring

phoenix choking fucked up the playoffs

yeah they should get a do-over

dallas is a classic second round team ive seen a lot of second round teams

yeah the suns choked and all the good east teams were on the same side of the bracket. weird offs

The Heat starters combined for 18 points tonight.

The fewest in a playoff game since the NBA merger. pic.twitter.com/dQc3iNnbEF

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 24, 2022

The Heat starting lineup in Game 4 vs. Celtics:

Kyle Lowry: 3 points, 1-of-6 FG
Max Strus: 0 points, 0-of-7 FG
Jimmy Butler: 6 points, 3-of-14 FG
PJ Tucker: 0 points, 0-of-4 FG
Bam Adebayo: 9 points, 3-of-5 FG pic.twitter.com/zwiCUnhXoe

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) May 24, 2022

that's so nasty

Will the real Bam please stand up

there it is

Lead changes in the Eastern Conference Finals:

First 27 minutes — 3
Last 165 minutes — 1 pic.twitter.com/13AMukbfOk

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 24, 2022

4 lead changes in 4 games lmao

hmmm. ^ this may point the way to a winning strategy. just score the first bucket and you're practically home free!

probably has something to do with only having 1 rest day ever, didn't they used to give 2 for travel? and celtics only got 1 between series too

Celtics have played 9 high intensity games and traveled 5 times in the past 17 days

Jayson Tatum has been named to first team All-NBA alongside Giannis, Doncic, Jokic, and Booker.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) May 25, 2022

a real changing of the guard group of dudes there!

yeah giannis and jokic are the oldest at 27

the old guard is... old

2nd team pretty good

2021-22 All-NBA teams:

First: Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Devin Booker, Jayson Tatum

Second: Joel Embiid, Ja Morant, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, DeMar DeRozan

Third: Karl-Anthony Towns, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Trae Young, Pascal Siakam

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 25, 2022

crazy

Giannis All-NBA First Team votes in the last 4 seasons

2018-19: 100/100
2019-20: 100/100
2020-21: 100/100
2021-22: 100/100

Best. Player. On. Earth. pic.twitter.com/FUoQOpj13b

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 25, 2022

Sweet we can offer KAT an extension

jimmy butler being snubbed in favor of pascal siakam and trae young was crazy in the moment when ppl were debating their all NBA teams and of course looks even crazier now. i can’t call him the most underrated player in the league bcuz he’s more than made his case in the playoffs. but still

yeah thats a huge oversight, the heat are the #1 seed and have a chance to go to the finals and hes their best player??? not one heat player? crazy.

trae had an amazing year i cant really argue against him but siakam over butler is pretty bad particularly when you consider that the heat finished first in the east, look at the love the suns got but none for the old heat, shame

no one on the heat played the full season!