The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

i’m sure that middle finger was justified let’s be honest here lol

i mean sure but no one else does that

theyre not exactly bad but theyre definitively worse than the heat

if youre kyrie you cant just freak out when a fan tells you vaccines are more effective than crystals

pretty much every time theis has switched onto kyrie kyrie’s made him pay

yeah thats not a good matchup lol

dragic may be more annoying on a deep vibrational level than kyrie

who are the nets fans at this game…

Hope these two teams play 7 physical games like this.

the ugly game

tatum guarding kyrie has also been a win for the nets…

i’m going to be standing up for the rest of this game at this point

i can’t remember when i got up

holy shit!!

what

oh my god

OH MY FUCKING GOD

think the nets might regret that one…

That came out of nowhere. What an ending.

that has to be the most actual ball movement on a buzzer beater ever

Smart pulling down the 3 with 3 seconds left. Amazing.

NBA Playoffs, baby!!!

hoops

i’m surprised the nets went away from trying to switch kyrie onto bigger defenders at the end there. he seemed to want smart on him but they didn’t force any mismatches on that final possession… also he prob should’ve passed when he got doubled

Don’t think I’ve ever seen a buzzer beater like that wow

marcus' d on that last net's possession was demonic

that has to be the most actual ball movement on a buzzer beater ever

true

5-0 celtics in the last 45 seconds, unreal play by tatum to get that shot off

ngl as an impartial viewer here i am a bit sad that kyrie fourth quarter is going to be lost to history

ah well nevertheless

he did manage to get a cameo as a traffic cone on tatums buzzer beater

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Yeah tough to waste a great Kyrie game like that

Oh well

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQlBnWzXIAEVF7Q?format=jpg&name=large

a man of the people

Everyone mobbed Tatum and Smart was celebrating all alone.

renaissance painting etc

ngl as an impartial viewer here i am a bit sad that kyrie fourth quarter is going to be lost to history

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 17, 2022 5:19 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ah well nevertheless

― lag∞n, Sunday, April 17, 2022 5:20 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

he did manage to get a cameo as a traffic cone on tatums buzzer beater

― lag∞n, Sunday, April 17, 2022 5:21 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

the absolute correct level of petty

im well practiced

i wonder if the series can maintain the level of physicality it had in that game. bcuz if so whoever comes out of it is gonna be beaten up before even getting to round 2. the bucks had to enjoy watching that one

a physical series should be strongly in the celtics favor but who knows what the future will bring

btw the nets not stopping the ball on the previous celtics possession was probably a mistake, particularly vs jaylen who will always keep going towards the basket until you stop him, scored with 17 on the clock

celtics not trapping kyrie until the last possession also prob a mistake

yeah that possession was the one that prob lost them the game. basically just handed the celtics 2 points without requiring any effort. even if they shave 3 more seconds off the clock it greatly alters how that final possession goes down xp

yep

it feels like that late double team is starting to become popular as a defensive tactic in end of game possessions

i’ve seen kyrie score on like 3 guys many times this season but he had dragic wide open in the corner when horford double teamed him but he didn’t even think about passing to anyone until it was way too late

btw the nets not stopping the ball on the previous celtics possession was probably a mistake

― lag∞n, Sunday, April 17, 2022 6:35 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

coming out of a timeout too, dragic was just standing there worried about the corner pass but he was way too low to defend it anyway

bucks looking pretty ok with their 3 seed lol

Brook just changes so much for the bucks