The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

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

6 finals in 8 years is cool

super sweet having livingston present the trophy, an all time dynasty role player

yea this Warriors run seems only comparable to Jordan's Bulls

seems closer to 80s celtics or lakers to me bc of all the roster continuity

we dont have to look that far back (the spurs)

Spurs are weird cuz it happened over two kinda distinct eras albeit with the same core player

Showtime Lakers went to 9 in 11 years!

hoping the celtics can put this away tomorrow so they can get some rest

yea this Warriors run seems only comparable to Jordan's Bulls

― frogbs, Thursday, May 26, 2022 11:31 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

source?

If Cs can win tonight both teams get dece rest going into the finals, maybe games won’t be decided by who is more exhausted and banged up and needs to take a game off. May lead to more competitive games, inshallah

would be nice

xxp I made it up

celtics/warriors is like the platonic best possible finals

bucks/warriors with middleton would have been pretty good

this Warriors run seems only comparable to Jordan's Bulls

Has everyone just written off Bill Russell's string of 8 straight championships and 11 rings in 12 Finals appearances?

yeah no one knew how to play basketball back then

I watched the Finals in the mid-to-late 60s and they seemed pretty damned exciting and competitive to me then. More so than some of the Shaq-Kobe Finals.

Sure, but they would mumble excuses about how you can't rush these things and in a month no one would care when the whole issue sinks from view again.

sorry wrong thread tab

no disrespect to bill russell and the gang but i watched one of their finals games a while ago and it was not a great experience