The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

it is time, my friends

nuggets will win the nba playoffs

um have to say it's weird to not be looking at draft rankings right now

god bless the nba playoffs, matchups, playoff adjustments and so forth

I'm going to at dinner for part or all of game 1 of Sixers-Raptors. What's the best way to watch it on your phone? ESPN app?

I have League Pass as well.

Ok, looks like that works in the playoffs.

heat 5
philly 7
mil 4
bos 5

phx 5
utah 5
gsw 6
mem 6

philly 7
mil 7

phx 5
gsw 5

mil 6
phx 6

phx 7 chris paul wins the nba championship

heat 5
raps 6
mil 4
celtics 5

phx 4
dallas 7
dubs 6
mem 5

heat 6
celtics 7

suns 6
mem 6

celtics 6
suns 6

suns 6 chris paul wins the nba championship

btw sun celtics would be an amazing showcase for the beautiful game, two teams just executing the hell out of a game plan

yeah I’d love to see that

yeah ive been on the suns-celtics train ever since the celts starting playing like a contender

r1
heats 5
philly 7
mil 4
celts 6

phx 4
mavs 7
dubs 6
mem 6

r2
heats 6
mil 6

phx 4
dubs 6

r3
mil 6
phx 6

f
phx 6 chris paul wins the nba championship

last I heard it doesn’t sound likely that luka will be playing the majority of the first round series, if at all. I have a hard time seeing the mavs beating the jazz without him, notwithstanding jazz cowardice

i think he will rise on the third day and save the mavs from their sins (of being bad at basketball without him)

heat 5
raps 6
bucks 4
celts 7

suns 5
jazz 5
dubs 6
grizz 5

heat over hawks in 6
celtics over nets in 6
bucks over bulls in 4
sixers over raptors in 7

suns over pelicans in 4
grizzlies over wolves in 5
warriors over nuggets in 5
mavs over jazz in 7

heat over sixers in 6
bucks over celtics in 6

suns over mavs in 5
warriors over grizzlies in 7

bucks over heat in 6
suns over warriors in 7

bucks over suns in 6

weird the league is making the mavs and jazz open when a 12 pm local game… 11 am body clock time for the jazz

heat over memphis

The offs are here, no better time.

soooooo many floaters being taken in this game

Yup Brunson and Conley are two of the most prolific floater guys in the league

Ben Simmons just looked over at me and said — “Make sure you get this. Then dunked — and said “There you go.” pic.twitter.com/Kn8pE7NOlQ

— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) April 16, 2022

Simmo is such a comedian

lol

pretty sick view theyve got there

mavs have had no answer for bogdanovic

good game. felt like one of those game 1s where the underdog really needed to grab the opportunity to steal one

espn has died

heat 5
celtics 6
bucks 4
raps 6

suns 4
grizz 6
warriors 7
jazz 6

heat 6
bucks 7

suns 4
warriors 7

bucks 5
suns 5

suns 7

Glue girl is over Chain girl is the new hotness

ant looking great today, feels like the difference maker so far

ja jumps kinda high

he dunked on some guys

did not know usher was jas dad

Lads II Men

Kat used to shy away from contact now he’s doing bully ball that seems like a big deal. Really impressive game from the kids

Yes he's pretty much better inside this year, it's unlocked a lot of things for him, this is much more the game in, game out KAT this season than the Clippers game

I don't know...this team is good?

Ant could really be an X factor in these playoffs

Ya their ceiling is wherever ants ceiling is. Good sign when you can survive a total dud of a game from d Russell like that

Maxey is a total hooper.

It's impossible to say from game to game which Dlo will show up he's hard to understand

hubie brown calling the euro step the “european step” … dignified as hell

lol bout to say

sophisticated

Maxey is a total hooper.

― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Saturday, April 16, 2022 7:44 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

maxey balling the eff out

FVV hasn’t been able to stay in front of him which isn’t great for the raps

oy that barnes injury might be a killer

That didn’t look good.

it does not look like he will be playing anytime soon

were they there in the first place?

physically, yeah

heat using strus as a pick and roll ballhandler is really scraping the bottom of the barrel

horf coast 2 coast baby!

strus heard your comment and is making his way to the locker room

im sorry!

nice fast break moves from horford

thats spaceball baby

tucker trying to get that 3 off vs rob lmao

rob is playing his ass off

yup

i can't believe no replay of him absolutely vaporizing oladipo in iso defense

what is going on with Jimmy right now

hes injured

i mean he missed the second half of game 3 and has been awful since

he's got the corone of iris

every time the Heat touch the ball it's like it gets replaced with one of those fake squirrel cat toys that just rolls around uncontrollably

rough

The Heat starting backcourt has made a combined 1 basket in the last 2 games.

1/28 FG (3.6%)
1/19 3P (5.3%) pic.twitter.com/RBajD2jbP9

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 26, 2022

not ideal.

meanwhile tatum's stat line will not be beautiful but he was doing basically everything on offense for most of the game.

more like min strus

Miami lowest fg pct this year: .319 tonight, .333 Monday, .346 Nov. 4 ... all vs Boston!

H/T Dick Lipe

— Abby Chin (@tvabby) May 26, 2022

i guess abby chin follows dick lipe

jb's butterfingers were driving me crazy but the third quarter was a beautiful thing to see

almost exactly the inverse of game 1

or at least similar

similar to the inverse

crazy

The Heat led the league in 3pt percentage on these types of shots in the regular season at 37.3%
OKC was last at 28.8%
[whispers] the pressure of the playoffs is real https://t.co/8iCdP25nyi

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) May 26, 2022

was thinking maybe the wrong guys were taking them and obv i dont know which are the semi contested threes but strus 0-7 vincent 1-7 robinson 3-10

they shot some insane bricks last night too lol

tracking data tbf is a bit suspect cause when youre playing a good defensive team they speed you up and make you take weird shots maybe you get a semi contested look but you prob had to rush to get it and its not in your preferred spot the pass wasnt precise youre tired and beat up and so forth

wld be interesting to see what teams do internally with that data i bet they have some real nice stuff

yeah you would expect most semi-contests are on catch and shoots when someone flies out to the shooter late so that would def be many of the strus and vincent shots.

reading stuff about the game this morning and i think kyle lowry may need to officially change his name to kyle lowry is a shell of himself.

they shot some insane bricks last night too lol

― lag∞n, Thursday, May 26, 2022 8:51 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah it wasn't like the Bucks series where the shots were just clanging off the rim these were Westbrook-style misses

butler can't jump and is pointedly avoiding contact, lowry has been dragging a leg around all playoffs, herro was out and strus was getting treated in the locker room too. i don't think it's a huge shock that they're having trouble scoring against the no 1 defense in the league. not taking anything away from the celtics but it's not like it's some some huge mystery what's going on. if your whole offense in the east finals is gabe vincent, duncan robinson, PJ tucker and bam you're gonna score... 80 points

no that is not heat culture

Otto out tonight. warriors gonna be relying on some shaky players tonight. top 6 is locked in but after that you just have no idea what youre gonna get. i think i trust moody the most at this point.

plus you got scott foster looking to extend the series

the extender back at it again

i just watched an episode of undisputed and… my god. skip bayless is a deeply disturbing person

cocaines a helluva drug

just tuned in how has scott foster not put three fouls on draymond yet

it's the long play don't be a sucker

man this games gonna get out of control if he doesnt do something

calling it wcf are over

lol playoffs have been a total disaster

luka 2-14 cmon man

yeah we're done here

more like luka don't hit

15-0 Mavs run