The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

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!

i think voters have a very hard time figuring out what to do with the regular season heat

jimmy only played in 57 games fwiw, matters to a lot of voters, esp the ones with groany "old school" sports ideas

Trae is better than Jimmy jord

it is a regular season award

Jimmy’s awesome and all but he’s surrounded by a really well constructed roster. We’ve seen what happens when that’s not the case

no one on the heat played the full season!

he played 10 more games than butler and their basic stats are extremely similar.

Trae is better than Jimmy jord

― Heez, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 9:07 PM (thirty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

heh idk about this one

I mean if you're picking for the next 10 years, sure, but I know which one I would want in a Game 7.

Lacob ordered another home game I guess

lol steph trying to get away with a double dribble

lmao @ coinbase's crypto is dead long live crypto ad

another great playoff game!

don't think I could replicate what Draymond did with that free throw given a hundred thousand tries

Can the Lakers name Reggie Miller their head coach please?

Lol these playoffs suck

did we get two lead changes this game?

the first round had a lot of competitive games and compelling stylistic matchups and then it's just gone to hell

Kerr playing moody Kuminga and Poole together for the first half of the 2nd quarter ended it. Not like there’s too many options with all the depth being injured but he really needed to stagger them.

give the team thats down a 10-point shot from half court as a one time thing, feel like that could do it

i blame compounded lack of rest. they won't even give the teams 2 days off in the conference finals. every player is playing hurt

8 point game

i blame compounded lack of rest. they won't even give the teams 2 days off in the conference finals. every player is playing hurt

going back to my play in games are bad stance then

they should def add that mid-season tournament then so the play-offs can be back-to-backs, making for even better basketball