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

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

― J0rdan S., Saturday, April 16, 2022 6:55 PM (thirty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol bout to say

― lag∞n, Saturday, April 16, 2022 6:56 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

sophisticated

― Clay, Saturday, April 16, 2022 7:01 PM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

its only a european step in europe, outside its just sparkling traveling

Embiid should be out of this game.

so should maxey, wtf

this game was sixers +2 in the second half before the starters came out, curious to see how the series develops. the sixers prob played the best half they’ll play all offs in the first half. the barnes injury is really bad news tho

Really confused why bjelica was in the game that long

i love how he always looks like he just stubbed out a cigarette before entering the game

Def has that vlade look to him. Always two weeks past his haircut and shave expiration date.

great to have the warriors back in the playoffs

draymond guarding jokic pretty well so far

feels like the nuggets should be down 20 now

poor boogie getting tossed

Scott Foster strikes again

there’s no way he said multiple things that were so bad he should’ve been ejected

this crew has those vibes of wwe refs who are part of the storyline. they’re enjoying their calls a little too much

That’s always foster

Poole 28 on 12 shots

some great games recently from guards… trae, maxey, edwards, poole, mccollum the other night. exciting stuff

dubzzz

i wish we could play this wack-ass nuggets team forever

im sad

Capela out a week. Bummer

Collins prob gonna play though

it took 5 mins for jimmy and trae to get tangled up and act like they want to fight each other

double techs lol

the heat are a tough match up for the hawks

Ugly out there. 28% shooting

the heat are gonna make the hawks work to score on every possession. the hawks are not gonna do the same

jimmy is in a great mood today

my kids are back with the commentary

“pj tucker looks like somebody’s dad. no offense”

hox are bad

This was just the third time in Trae Young's career, and first time this season, that he did not make more than a single shot in a game. He finished today 1-of-12.

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) April 17, 2022

heat defense is good

Celtics D is no slouch either

still thinking about ted turner’s retired jersey

tatum relatively anonymous so far, hope he can turn it on

refs need to chill, also the players

18 combined fouls is the most in the 1st quarter of a game this season. @ESPNStatsInfo

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) April 17, 2022

lol not this time big al

Did Marcus just wink when he got up after the collision with KD?

how many players are gonna foul out in this game

marcus smart gets ten de facto fouls at home

love the techno-cam timeout!

(on league pass)

this type of celtics offense is not going to work against the heat

nets switching is bothering their ball movement they need to just drive more

it’s working

yeah i mean the nets are soft you gotta go at them

“ecw! ecw!”

hox are bad

also bad

theyre not exactly bad but theyre definitively worse than the heat

they lack physicality esp with capela out and it’s way too easy to score on them

nets doing tons of work to get the lead down to 6 or so and then the celtics score on two straight possessions and it’s back to double digits. one of those games

tatum just blocked kds jumper straight up ive seen him get blocked from off ball but i dont think ive ever seen that

man kyrie just lives to be the heel doesn’t he

i think hes just genuinely a little baby

gotta wonder about kd legs after playing 40mins a night for the last month, kyrie too

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

lance_stephenson_guitar.gif

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

Yeah they can do so much more with him out there

he looks way better than i thought he would and makes them much scarier

these bucks uniforms are hideous

i would love to see them do a sixers or hawks style makeover that saw them go back to a logo and motif that was simple and retro inspired. their uniforms from the 70s are great

giannis still out there taking 3s, nice of him

lopez and vooch going at each other on the block old school baby

bud waiting til the run got to 13-0 to call a timeout, disrespectful

Yikes

this game doesnt have a lot of baskets, still pretty good tho

vooch cmon buddy

bulls couldve taken that one, shame

Bucks really are playing some awesome defense out there

But yeah that reminded me a lot of Game 1 vs. the Heat last year, and we all know what happened after that

idk bucks might be bad

It’s really kinda hard to tell right now

bull were out there hustling tip o the cap to them when the celtics played them a couple weeks ago they seemed extremely ready to go on vacation

aw monty williams and willie green are besties did not know that

yeah it's a nice subplot of this series. they both seem like great guys.

no sunday afternoon games w/a one-year-old so i missed the good stuff today :(

one year old is the perfect age to become interested in the nba playoffs imo

she will be fascinated by the playoffs and definitely not crawl directly off the couch

I mean it’s a bunch of guys running around and throwing a ball to each other, you try to design a better show for a one-year old

celtics sold out on kd and defended kyrie straight up, the kd part worked

"They did a good job of forcing me away, helping in the paint, I just gotta be more fundamental on my moves,... I played fast, turned the ball [over] ...gotta slow down and play my game. But they did a good job of making me see bodies."

-KD credits Celtics defense pic.twitter.com/O1oHllr6S3

— DaveEarly (@DavidEarly) April 18, 2022

salute to javale mcgee who became a solid rotation player in his early 30s

in fairness i too got a lot more professional in my early 30s

fair

congrats to chris paul on making it thru the first game of the playoffs without suffering a grievous injury!

xp singlehandedly turning javale and biyombo into solid rotation players on the best team in the NBA quietly has to be somewhere on the chris paul career highlights list

xp singlehandedly turning javale and biyombo into solid rotation players on the best team in the NBA quietly has to be somewhere on the chris paul career highlights list

CP masterclass in the 4th

Valencunias seemingly missed about 12 tip-ins tonight

That herb Jones shot was not on purpose wtf reggie

kyrie has huge logan roy energy

lol sorry not logan, i mean kendall. kendall roy.

“Embrace it. Just the dark side. Embrace it,” Irving said.

lol

The behind the head middle fingers by Kyrie to the crowd was slick. pic.twitter.com/J0rqdh9U51

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) April 17, 2022

this was pretty funny tbf

would say that if being called a bitch bothers kyrie so much its prob better to not let the people doing that know but it didnt really seem to detract from his game

xp singlehandedly turning javale and biyombo into solid rotation players on the best team in the NBA quietly has to be somewhere on the chris paul career highlights list

rip dinosaurs

Raptors coach Nick Nurse says Scottie Barnes will not play tonight, Gary Trent remains doubtful and Thaddeus Young is “probably doubtful,” but is going to try to work with the training staff to get his sprained thumb in a place where he can play.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) April 18, 2022

kyrie doing the cry baby thing was really funny. just an all time performance from him yesterday on two levels

if he had just ~kept that energy~ in the press conference instead of being all embrace the dark side i wouldve had no choice but to tip my cap

yeah his press conference didn’t flatter him i’ll say that. man he must’ve been so mad that they lost

tonight might be ugly again for them but i wanna see what the raptors-sixers series is looking like after the two games in toronto

yeah thats a real tough loss xp

Nets last two playoff games featured otherworldly performances negated by the smallest of margins, I can see why that would be frustrating

that was for sure one of the best games ive ever seen. kinda too bad it was only game one lol. kyrie took all the momentum but the celts wrangled it back somehow. still cant believe smart didnt shoot the step in pull-up, wouldve been a really great shot as well. celts defense on durant was solid, forcing him into his older turnover-prone weaknesses.

Nets last two playoff games featured otherworldly performances negated by the smallest of margins, I can see why that would be frustrating

Oh I see the Celtics went full 2014 Grizz against KD. pic.twitter.com/N4js859iw4

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) April 18, 2022

not like we could have any more fouls called than we did in game 1 but the refs could easily just decide to nip a lot of this off the ball stuff if they wanted to. curious to see what happens

thats the playoff whistle everyone has to deal with it

yeah kd also just didnt have much bounce having to carry the team all year playing 40mins a/g the last month injury history age and so forth maybe catching up with him a little then he gets all that physical play just to get a catch and its tough

also feel like he might be getting a little predictable just going to that elbow jumper every time, nets should try to mix up his looks a little more run him off different actions etc

nets dont really run offense tho so who knows lol

def a lot of your turn my turn action with a few sets thrown in occasion

i'm sure KD will go off in a few games but it also wouldn't surprise me if kyrie just had better luck in this series given boston's personnel. they have a lot of bigger wing & mobile big types to throw at KD, there's not a lot of mismatch hunting for him to do. but i think kyrie showed yesterday that him being smaller and quicker gives him an advantage against a lot of those guys in one on one situations.... which is also why i found it weird that at the end of the game the nets seemed content to let smart guard him w/o trying to switch him onto one of the bigger guys that he can just blow past

yeah that was poor execution

still cant believe smart didnt shoot the step in pull-up, wouldve been a really great shot as well.

― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Monday, April 18, 2022 11:45 AM (forty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

honestly feel like it probably would've gotten blocked

he was wide open once he stepped through the two guys flying by

jaylen had a shot too tough one but its also one of his shots

even tho he’s possibly the most annoying basketball player of all time you gotta tip your hat to smart, didn’t panic in a scramble situation and got his team a shot with like a 97% chance of going in with 1 second left. just an amazing play

Game 1 of the Brooklyn vs. Boston series was so exciting I can only imagine what the next 6 games will look like! The game came down to a layup by Jayson Tatum who finished with 31 points.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 17, 2022

for such a chaotic final possession to end with a smooth spin into a wide open layup was just beautiful to behold.

even tho he’s possibly the coolest basketball player of all time you gotta tip your hat to smart

― J0rdan S., Monday, April 18, 2022 1:47 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

lotta little bastards that we all had to tip our cap to over the weekend

i will never tip my cap to pat bev he just runs around

cp3, smart are true ballers

magic <3 <3 <3

the game that was decided by one point contained a play where the nets forgot to inbound the ball lol, of course marcus was on it

Marcus Smart steal ➡️ Marcus Smart slam. 😤

(🎥: @celtics)
pic.twitter.com/CKAiNh44Lj

— theScore (@theScore) April 17, 2022

that was inexcusable. just call a timeout ffs.

Magic is the most otm basketball tweeter of all time

spitting facts

he never misses. now, it would be impossible for him to based on the nature of his tweets. but still he never misses

feel like he should include the final score tho

i do always like to know the final score

https://www.gq.com/story/ben-simmons-nets-bench-style/amp

dink

you know what basketball pundit thing drives me crazy is the idea that "the team with the best player wins the series" its first of all just so lazy and cowardly they say it cause they dont want to be bothered to figure out who will win and its defensible because their friends all doing it, its obvs ahistoric the best player loses all the time heat lost a gdamn finals in which they had the two best players, its often tautological theyll just decide someone else was better if they win like no doubt if the celtics win then tatum will be the best player even tho kd was better before the series started which kind of undercuts the predictive power of the system, but maybe worst of all is its just baby brained like of course having the best player is an advantage in basketball only like eight guys play for each team but you still have to figure out who is going to win the series by understanding basketball generally, youtube served be a clip of the jj redick podcast talking about celtics nets and his little friend was like "you know im a best player wins guy" and i just turned if off bro your job is to know things about basketball cmon

watched a clip of jalen and jacoby and they, who both picked the lakers to win before the season btw, were both like cant pick against kd in the first round man, what are they talking about the nets are the 7th seed theyre playing a good team in the first round this shit is so low qual

has kd not lost a playoff series before is he undefeated in the playoffs

and finally im resentful that youtube has tricked me into watching bad panel shows and podcasts

on the other hand

dearest haters,

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has won the 2021-22 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 18, 2022

best player wins the series seems like some ultimate bill simmons shit that trickled down into garbo conventional wisdom

btw your man just had “minor” lung surgery and you know what that means that’s right it’s drugged out “bball” all the way for a week baby

i think "the best player in the series always wins" when the best player in the series was michael jordan

Marcus Smart is a fine defensive player - the idea that he is the DPOY is absurd tho.

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) April 18, 2022

I get that the voters like to be creative and think they are smarter than the average fan but this is such a comical selection.

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) April 18, 2022

bob wrong as usual

i mean if you want to talk about how big men are more valuable fine but if you were prefer to talk about about who is good at defense marcus smart is absolutely a totally elite defender

and i hope they give it to more perimeter defenders in the future and also rescind all of goberts awards

Pretty cool a guard got the award

i think jrue is the best guard defender in the league but their defense wasn’t good enough ratings wise

i’m happy that marcus can no longer complain about having won the award. we can all move on with our lives

they should give gobert a defensive player of the year unless everyone on the court is under 6’ 9” award

jrue is also extremely good, hes not quite the defensive playmaker that smart is but hes prob more solid

yeah that’s prob true

one thing i gotta say is crazy is how many times i’m hearing the phrase “girls gone wild” watching the NBA playoffs on TNT

Yah if there’s one thing I don’t care about it’s the history of girls gone wild

cant believe theyre canceling the girls gone wild guy whos next

it's just lots of talk about porn at like 7:30 pm

gus johnson doing this sixers game TNT really pulled him out of the vault huh

The thing w the best player wins line of thinking is the gap has to be pretty big for it to matter. In general pundits focus way to much on individual play vs team play. Gets old quick.

it's especially funny too if you think about the entire lebron cavs era which was basically them losing a bunch of finals and everyone going "well lebron is definitely still the best player in the league. BUT..."

raps coming to play here salute

this would be a nice game for harden to play just awful

He needs to feel the wrath of the Philly boo birds

embiid took 12 fts in the first quarter hate him

he played 11 mins in that quarter running up and down the court. let’s see how this goes

all the numbers are way under water for the raptors again. three pt shooting, fouls, rebounding etc. all basically insurmountable for them. my question is whether the sixers can play this well in toronto

a counterpoint to the best player talk today might be this sixers/raps series

feels like the raptors have bigger issues than just that

in this series anyway

i can't believe marcus won dpoy. what a world.

bob is pretty checked out at this point but even by that standard those are bad tweets--first, don't allude to your proprietary data if that's all you have to stand on (no one can see it and no one cares) and second, fans emphasize perimeter defense more than any other population so i don't think that's who the voters are responding to?

I hate the Celts and would take three Marcus Smarts please.

Dude is smart, tough, and fun (even when you hate him).

well it’s not a question of whether marcus smart is a great defender. but it also was a wide open year. the rudy fatigue was clear, draymond and bam injuries took them both out of the running (i suspect with bam). the lane was open for a narrative winner

I always laugh at these PR campaigns for awards from teams and agents, but Marcus Smart basically won DPOY with a PR campaign over the last month. Nobody was even discussing him before then.

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) April 18, 2022

Maxey 23/9/8 1 TO, 50% from 3.

glad the celtics decided to run the PR campaign of "having the best defense in the league" the last month or two

Warriors shots look so crisp

the things jalen brunson is doing are not normal

that dude is gonna be very very paid this summer

salute to him

tbf the smart for dopy campaign has been going on for years, it just went mainstream recently

Successful campaigns are built on prolonged message discipline pic.twitter.com/7FbBpkDEJR

— Ryan Bernardoni (@dangercart) April 18, 2022

he’s fun to watch too. very creative game

not sure if leaving the strong side corner open every time is really the right approach for utah at this point in the game

lol they did it again right after i posted that

its crazy how bad the Nugs are the moment Jokic leaves the court

i don't really "like" the "mavs" but man does this series expose my absolute disgust with this jazz squad

same

brunson 41-8-5-2stl

man this steph-klay-poole-wiggins-dray line up is fun to watch

when dray is healthy steph is the best player in the world

the jazz losing a game by doing the definition of insanity thing and letting maxi kleiba and finney smith repeatedly make corner threes as gobert hangs out in the dunker spot guarding nobody was honestly the most predictable event of these playoffs

on its face letting kleiba shoot repeatedly isn’t a bad strategy but how many times are they gonna force themselves to relive the clippers nightmare? why would they even do it to themselves

holy shit Jordan Poole, it's like they have two Currys on their team

hey when youve got a multi time dpoy you cant be messing with the recipe

man this steph-klay-poole-wiggins-dray line up is fun to watch

― J0rdan S., Monday, April 18, 2022 11:05 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

theyre very skilled and mobile extremely small tho, pretty cool

yeah this is a really entertaining team. that Curry dime a minute ago was insane

I mean this is Globetrotters shit

pic.twitter.com/LDi686DvLR

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 19, 2022

halftime entertainment is some type of juggling dup who are wearing tshirts of the club they perform at which is named "fugazi", took me a second

I’m not having a good time

cmon this season was a write off for the nuggs

aw look at this lil guy

If you haven't seen Giannis' scouting report on himself before he was in the NBA, it's worth a watch pic.twitter.com/QqDG1CyxJu

— Matthew McGovern (@MatthewMcGovern) July 21, 2021

god damn the transformation he's made from that to what he looks like now is some anime shit

"im getting the fuck out of here and do not care"

Donovan Mitchell on similarities to Jazz’s defensive issues vs. Clippers last season: “I don’t think any of us are looking at it like, ‘Ah, like it’s last year all over again,’ because we’re healthy. We can do this. We can control that, and I think we will. I know we will.” https://t.co/4ybyRN2esz

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) April 19, 2022

it might be a bit unfair to them. but also like……. they let the same exact thing happen to them lmao

the nuggets are getting thoroughly outplayed but the officiating is outrageous

curry’s +23 in 15 minutes

Jokic lookin like he wants a T

uhh

Will Barton and DeMar Cousins had to be held back from each other by Nuggets teammates during the last timeout.pic.twitter.com/tK3junIJra

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) April 19, 2022

it is straight up unfair that Poole is playing like this

what an incredible display of offensive basketball lord almighty

poole is playing like steph’s brain was transplanted into his body

Poole is just all fun

#28 pick

poole is playing like steph’s brain was transplanted into his body

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 19, 2022 12:05 AM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

seriously. it’s uncanny

Aaron Gordon now 4-of-16 shooting in this series. Warriors comfortable with him taking any jumper he wants.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) April 19, 2022

For some reason I take great pleasure watching cousins pout and whine

This is fun I’m having fun

Pooles been like this for half the season btw but now he’s flanked by curry AND klay so it’s the perfect storm

Boogie seems like a good teammate lovely guy to be around

Pooles been like this for half the season btw but now he’s flanked by curry AND klay so it’s the perfect storm

not a great series for jokic so far….

it’s funny to me that his arms always make it look like that instead of playing a basketball game he wrestled a pitbull

_Pooles been like this for half the season btw but now he’s flanked by curry AND klay so it’s the perfect storm_


i feel like he made some like and 1 level passes tonight combined with the ridiculous three point shooting that was abnormal

not a great series for jokic so far….

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 19, 2022 12:59 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

he’s getting absolutely mauled every time he touches the ball

NBA really messed up putting Mem/Min on NBAtv

the people demand 1-8 blowouts

not a great series for jokic so far….

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 19, 2022 12:59 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

he’s getting absolutely mauled every time he touches the ball

the best game of last night was on NBA TV too

what about when he’s guarding a high screen

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 19, 2022 12:35 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah his limitations defensively away from the basket are getting exposed by the warriors for sure. really awful matchup considering how porous denver’s perimeter defenders have been. just a nightmare through and through

the way the warriors are playing they can probably beat anyone, but it’s hard for denver specifically to draw a worse opponent than a ball-moving, sharp shooting athletic team like this warriors team. sort of unfortunate how this lineup played together all of 10 mins in the regular season and the depleted nuggs have to be the guinea pigs

i didn't actually think draymond fouled jokic on the one that got him tossed

yah that one wasnt much but the game was over and he was ready to blow up. i bet he woulda snapped at the ref even if he got the call you could see it coming.

there's 100% been uncalled hacks on jokic... i'm also not sure it matters that much in the context of this series. draymond is also prob getting respect from the refs that other guys don't which isn't helping matters for jokic.

the contrast vs jokic and embiid in the playoffs is prob instructive, embiid throws his weight around like a bull in a china shop essentially forcing the refs to put him on the line 12 times in one quarter. i don't think jokic is wired to play that way (i'm making no value judgement here)

yeah finesse players will always lose the ref battle vs power players. jokic actually tries to make the shots where embiid is trying to get the call.

jokic has gotten to the line a lot more post all star break, something like 8 FTAs/game vs 5, and watching him every night you definitely notice a difference. he’s definitely not afraid of contact. the issue in this series is draymond is so solid and disciplined down low, and he and the other warriors defenders have done a good job denying him favorable entry positions. and yes, a little home cooking, which I anticipate we’ll see the flip side of a bit in game 3 when they’re playing in denver

could have ourselves a series:

Sources: There’s optimism Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic will return for Game 3 (Thursday) or Game 4 (Saturday) vs. Jazz. The calf strain that Doncic suffered on April 10 is improving and workouts over next two days could determine comeback timing.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 19, 2022

i don’t think the jazz are in a good place right now. if luka comes back by game 4 i’d consider the mavs pretty strong favorites

im obsessed with ben simmons shooting videos

Ben Simmons at practice working with Kyle Korver. #nets pic.twitter.com/J5NEgMcgMF

— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) April 19, 2022

if luka comes back by game 4 i’d consider the mavs pretty strong favorites

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 19, 2022 4:48 PM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

seems like were headed for a one legged luka torching the jazz

they need to be put out of their misery and luka needs to be the one to do it. would love to see that roster get a shakeup

finish them

it looks like korver is talking to simmons like “so ok first you grab the ball with two hands and then lift it above your head. then you sort of push the ball forward thru the air towards the basket. do you wanna try?”

Korver: "Wait, I thought you were right-handed?"

rough job lol

that video… it’s like asmr to me

it looks like korver is talking to simmons like “so ok first you grab the ball with two hands and then lift it above your head. then you sort of push the ball forward thru the air towards the basket. do you wanna try?”

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 19, 2022 2:24 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

exactly. and then of course he just ignores it all and walks into his dumb little straight legged bricked banker

he tries to understand what kover is talking about!

practicing at harvard is not making him a good student

scott foster when he makes eye contact with chris paul tonight pic.twitter.com/HNCRFYtTQI

— Justin Phan (@jphanned) April 19, 2022

Omg that Simmons video plus Jord's post is killing me

jimmy butler has looked awesome two games in a row but the hawks also have nobody w/ a shot in hell of guarding him

Zach Zarba and his crew did it! 20 fouls in a first quarter, eclipsing the previous record of 18 in Brooklyn/Boston, set by.......a Zach Zarba crew!

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) April 20, 2022

great job everyone

Jimmy is on one tonight

jimmy butler locked in™️

he’s been fantastic. not even sure he’s gonna make all NBA but he’s the best player in this series and i don’t consider it to be all that close, tbqh.

During his three seasons in Miami, Jimmy Butler has shot 24% (81-337) on 3s during the regular season and 36% (24-67) in the playoffs.

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) April 20, 2022

what with allt he scheming that goes on two way players become more important in the offs

"They get a little lead, now they want to talk!"@ChrisBHaynes checks in with Karl Anthony Towns Sr. and Tee Morant during Timberwolves-Grizzlies. pic.twitter.com/L4BnfnVhOL

— NBA TV (@NBATV) April 20, 2022

that was a very silly segment they really let them riff

crazy performance by Jimmy given that he was outscored in last year's 1st round series by Bryn Forbes

heat are a weird team both jimmy and bam are such variable scorers

griz are outplaying the wolves here

rough game for the lad

Jimmy Butler is the 2nd player in NBA history with

45+ points
0 turnovers
0 fouls

in a playoff game, joining Dominique Wilkins. pic.twitter.com/lR2JRKDwvv

— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 20, 2022

Devin Booker dapped up a baby after this shot. pic.twitter.com/HrZpAEY8R4

— Mike Vigil (@protectedpick) April 20, 2022

Woof been busy but looks like the Wolves shit the bed

memphis played this game with such high energy and physicality it was very tough for the wolves to deal with, i dont think they have the horses to match them if they play like this

griz are a scary team when they get rolling

did anything happen to steven adams or did they just do the right thing and give him the token start?

yeah the latter, they basically went small playing jjj at center

he’s been fantastic. not even sure he’s gonna make all NBA but he’s the best player in this series and i don’t consider it to be all that close, tbqh.

Yeah I mean the Grizz are the better team overall, The Lad is a wild card.

Dlo has generally been in a funk for a while that's no good

Also I do like the tuff shit, locker room culture blah blah blah but he's such an offensive liability

kinda sad kevin harlan is getting wasted on the suns-pelicans

devin booker out for the game with a hamstring injury…

apprentice tried the sensei. pic.twitter.com/0tEY06xKoJ

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 20, 2022

the pellies!

Impressive play from their rookies

Big time shot making in the 4th wow

yeah there was like 5 or 6 shots the suns made where it was like “well here goes the comeback” and then the pels would immediately come down and make a shot

Chris Paul has now lost 14 consecutive postseason games that Scott Foster officiated.

— Evan Sidery (@esidery) April 20, 2022

Cp was bad … Scott foster got him shook

Crowder sometimes looks likes the worst starter in the league

i for one think it’s cool and good that a single ref’s personal vendetta can help decide postseason games

it's just more of the same so i don't know why but i just can't get enough of this shit. it's like reading the tabloids

Nash remained noncommittal on a timeline for any potential return for Simmons. The Nets trail 1-0 entering Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first-round series on Wednesday night.

"There's no other way than him to say, 'I'm ready,'" Nash said after Wednesday's shootaround. "Especially after an absence this long. So whenever he is ready, it's going to have to be on him to say, 'I feel comfortable. I feel ready to go. I want to play and I want to contribute.'

"We can't push him places when you have been out this long. It's got to be something where he is definitely comfortable and ready to play."

Remind me, how much are they paying him to feel uncomfortable with playing?

lol nash is fed up

The series goes back to New Orleans and you know its going to be rocking and rolling in the Smoothie King Center.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 20, 2022

everyone knows the smoothie king does not play!

i cant decide which of the ben simmons or zion williamson seasons is weirder.

like both only had to come back a couple weeks before the reg season ended to get some reps and theyd be helping their teams a ton, but now its too late.

uh oh

There's still an evaluation ongoing on MRI results of Phoenix Suns All-Star Devin Booker's right hamstring, but it appears unlikely he will be able to play in Games 3 and 4 in New Orleans, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 20, 2022

do we have a series?

i feel like there’s precedent with the zion thing… it’s pretty similar to the kawhi situation w/ the spurs, or any number of times when a young guy got hurt and was held out for a year. the simmons thing i feel like has no precedence tho

There's still an evaluation ongoing on MRI results of Phoenix Suns All-Star Devin Booker's right hamstring, but it appears unlikely he will be able to play in Games 3 and 4 in New Orleans, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 20, 2022

sorry meant to post his follow up:

The right hamstring strain is believed to be mild and Devin Booker isn't being ruled out of this opening-round series vs. New Orleans, sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/mFr2XIr25s

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 20, 2022

i feel like there’s precedent with the zion thing… it’s pretty similar to the kawhi situation w/ the spurs, or any number of times when a young guy got hurt and was held out for a year. the simmons thing i feel like has no precedence tho

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 20, 2022 11:35 AM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

zion was only supposed to be out for like a week when the season started

and the weight stuff with zion, and the family stuff, and the teammate stuff

Booker "unlikely he will be able to play in Games 3 and 4 " and "isn't being ruled out of this opening-round series" do not contradict one another. the series is already guaranteed to go five games.

have to think zion is having some regrets about taking it easy and not hurrying back, now that his team is actually exciting and making some noise.

all i know is i wish it were simmons instead of lavine in that commercial where zion and zach are lounging on the couch playing video games. couldve been a great image, missed opportunity for mtn dew or wingstop or gatorade or whatever

deeply respect the nerve of simmons wanting the sixers to have paid him for this season

same guy who never answered any calls/emails from them last summer because he thought they should swing by the gym in california where he worked out

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Ben-Simmons-61928/

Interesting read in retrospect, pretty much every concern expressed turned ended up being true

No matter how weird and fat Harden is, he's not Simmons.

I feel like the next steps are Simmons missing the rest of the playoffs, posting gym workout videos all summer, announcing a week before the start of next season that he's not ready, and then being fined by the Nets for missing games.

jae crowder put up a 1-1-1-1 last night

excuse me in game 1. incredible line

Yup, that draftexpress scouting report on Simmons could not have been more accurate on every point of his strengths and weaknesses.

jae crowder put up a 1-1-1-1 last night

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 20, 2022 12:16 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Crowder sometimes looks likes the worst starter in the league

― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Tuesday, April 19, 2022 10:00 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

so far 2/15 fg 0/9 from 3. 6-7-2 total in two games.

crowder has always had huge variance in his performance, some epic cold streaks in his history. they're so talented as a team though, and with cam johnson and bridges sharing his skill set, they could afford for him to be exclusively a glue guy. that changes with booker out tho

I went on NBA.com and the headline was, "Embiid out for playoff redemption in Toronto" and completely freaked out.

lol

what a bogus flagrant call on seth curry

i don't like the way they're calling continuation now either...

kyrie going back into the locker room to eat after sunset?

crazy that multiple nba players per game agree to play while wearing a microphone

nba's television contract is sacrosanct, both to the owners and players. it is the machine that gushes money.

nets are playing their asses off

ime the snippets of player chatter they play for tv audiences are always carefully selected to be incredibly bland and meaningless

just turned on the game was like oh this sucks but then at least dpoy marcus smart scored six straight points

Dragic huh

sometimes it be like that

he looks like he stepped out of a time machine

could’ve been much worse for boston but have to imagine the nets feel pretty good about that half

really nice run to get back in the game to close the half

yeah theyre lucky to only be down ten here couldve easily slipped away

I really love this Raptors team

ive only watched them a hadnful of times this year but respect the scrappiness

horford came to play

Embiid has 4 TOVs in the first.

horf has been so crucial all year

Interesting to think about what would have happened if Kawhi had stayed healthy and in Toronto

a star player leaving after winning a ring is unprecedented too, kawhi just wanted to go home tho

very weird blip in the nba universe for sure

kawhi's career is almost indescribably weird xp lol

raptors up 17

the amount of times kd has just coughed up the ball at the slightest double so far this series is weird

refs decided this game was getting too cool

someone needs to do a study on the currys hands or something how are they all this good at shooting it makes no sense

sloppy stuff

lol kd misses two fts and they cut to him mom in the stands

this quarter is chaos

patty mills is like the 9th most important player on this nets team, it turns out

celtics tie the game with tatum playing like jared tatum (some other guy)

The 6 leading scorers in this game: Bruce Brown, Grant Williams, Kevin Durant, Goran Dragic, Al Horford, Daniel Theis.

— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) April 21, 2022

The energy and effort of the Rap's defense is really amazing

when celtics are driving and kicking aka way theyve won all year theyre getting perfect looks, and yet

that simmons scouting report is insane

lol yeah they got him

all of the east teams who are playing well Im like, we’ll they’re in the east

some high level basketball being played tonight

what happened the last time the champion of the eastern conference played the champion of the western conference?

lmao

whole team about to jump him if he got ejected pic.twitter.com/xUv9yXWWW4

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 21, 2022

kyrie is playing like butt

has KD lost the feeling in his fingers

i wonder what the heck happened. danny green doesn't seem like someone who would get heated for no reason.

has KD lost the feeling in his fingers

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 20, 2022 9:20 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i think hes exhausted

Nets are missing sooooo many shots

i wonder what the heck happened. danny green doesn't seem like someone who would get heated for no reason.

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, April 20, 2022 9:21 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

The refing has been a little questionable to say the least.

[lebron james kid voice] jayson tatum

jayson tatum

Durant missing those is an utter disaster

given that bruce brown and dragic were the best nets players tonight by a wide margin it’s remarkable the game was even this close

tatum and brown were bad too is why

celtics vibes are off the charts

lmao marcus and jaylen communing with marcus left hand

they're playing incredible ball and they're very fun, it's hard not to love the celtics! weird!

theyre lovable everyone get on board choo choo

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQ1PRU0XIAEX0jt?format=jpg&name=large

absolute balls of steel from the celtics to win that one

i think the balls of steel were being shot by the nets, actually

lol

that brown & smart is one for the '100 photos' thread. lol!

well ultimately the game was always going to come down to KD vs Payton Pritchard in crunch time

felt like those two games were a great encapsulation of the entire debate surrounding the nets. game 1 kyrie almost singlehandedly wins them the game, game 2 he & KD are so tired they essentially literally cannot make a shot and they piss the lead away. in the end, they just don’t have enough.

yeah

both of them having to play 40mins a game for the last month just to make the play in cant be helping right now

congrats to payton for finding some minutes if he can avoid being totally victimized on d they can def use his offense, celtics really should be destroying the nets d tho regardless and so far theyre not

drawing nets --> bucks --> [other east bracket winner] --> [western conf champ] is a truly brutal path

the nets are capable of playing good defense but they're not built to do it for 48 minutes, i mean the core problem for them is they're not a normal basketball team

harden with five fouls is he trying to play defense or something haha

It's been a pretty rough game all around.

This game is right there for the Sixers' taking, but they don't seem sure they want it, lol.

ridiculous shot joel embiid

whoa what happened to Bobby

james harden having a very eventful last minute of this game

oh no precious

yeah…. that’s a tough one

...lol tobias harris

both these teams are gassed

It's been more like a brawl - 3s, fouls, and turnovers.

feels like precious might’ve wanted to hit one of those FTs

wouldve been better

crazy philly didnt get their first lead til ot

maxeys the only one with any juice left

fair

Grant Williams on fourth quarter offensive run: "We kept running the same thing over and over."

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) April 21, 2022

maxey has the vibe of like a 6 year old who won’t stop running around

What a shot by Joel.

wow bad call

tho as the tv guys note it couldve been called on maxey

the nba playoffs

The ugly game.

omg joel

lol sure

What a shot by Joel.

― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Wednesday, April 20, 2022 10:39 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

It's Lillard Time, except there's no Lillard.

Bucks getting demolished at home wow

joel hit three shots down the stretch that he had no business with, can only tip your cap

maybe the best player theory applies to overtime

not feeling too great about my raptors in six pick

That might be the first end of game playoff situation I can recall going in the Sixers favor in the Embiid era.

maybe the best player theory applies to overtime

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 20, 2022 10:49 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

you def need a guy who can go get a shot which most playoff teams have but the raps do not

didnt see the Bucks going down 18 in this one

we still dont know if the bucks are good

hard to tell with Middleton completely disappearing for a second game in a row

needs to save that for the second round

practice makes perfect

Bucks do this every year and one year they did it and won the title

ideally the Bucks would want someone to pick up the slack when Giannis isn't playing well but it just affects the whole team when he's off

though I will say he seems to be coming alive now

sheesh this Bulls lineup is uh...not good

kyrie ready to go on vacation already

Kyrie Irving says the timing is right for the Celtics to be contending and "the window is now for these guys." Praised Ime Udoka and especially Brad Stevens as the new President.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) April 21, 2022

was wondering if he wants to have to make another trip to boston lol

fwiw his last season in boston he had amazing first game in the 2nd round vs the bucks then dogged it in four straight losses and never looked back, he has a player option next year

Lol Kyrie holy shit

god damn Giannis balls out like crazy to get em close and the Bucks immediately give up an 11-0 run

oh 13-0

I’m happy for Demar

cool Portis and Middleton both injured

fucking hellllllllll what a horrorshow of a game

bucks not looking real sharp

jrue had a decent look for a three when they really couldve used one and just had no intention of shooting dumped it inside to a doubled giannis

Yeah because he had that same look a minute prior and bricked it badly

that was a pretty bad brick tbf but still the bucks need him to take the shot

Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer tells reporters that Khris Middleton sprained his MCL and will have an MRI on Thursday.

— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) April 21, 2022

oh man

total shots made by the Nets after halftime yesterday: 11

by kyrie: 1

by kd: 0

fwiw his last season in boston he had amazing first game in the 2nd round vs the bucks then dogged it in four straight losses and never looked back, he has a player option next year

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 20, 2022 11:41 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

This is what Kyrie sounded like when he was tanking playoff games in Milwaukee during his last year here 😭 https://t.co/WVycnhFpbD

— A.K (@Kungu_NBA) April 21, 2022

said it before but doesnt seem like kyrie cares for playing in the nba that much

he floats above it all... just asking questions, making observations, which teams are rising and falling, things of that nature

hes played 103 regular season games over the last three seasons

when we gonna get an update on Middleton

why are there no games in the good conference tonight

I’ve been thinking about how Kyrie is sort of like Maravich, this guy with personal demons and more finesse skill than a sane person can have maybe

would be pretty funny if this was in a sweep

Brooklyn Nets three-time All-Star Ben Simmons plans to make his season debut in Game 4 vs. Boston on Monday as long as rehab remains on course, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Simmons is set to play his first game since June 2021.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 21, 2022

play 12 minutes in the season

the timing of the return is just the perfect kicker to the bizarro simmo season

nets asked themselves the question can a team of all weird malcontents work and when it did not they traded for another one

They even added another weirdo in Drummond

yikes

Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker could miss 2-to-3 weeks with a Grade 1 hamstring strain, @WindhorstESPN reports: https://t.co/qVtopVU3Ld

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 21, 2022

they should be fine. thats likely middle of the second round. biggest fear would be luka comes back healthy and beats the jazz

I am really sick of playoffs with so many injuries

Pretty close to waving the white flag and accepting shorter seasons. You could change the rules to cause less wear and tear on players but we can’t trust refs to stick to it

it really puts a cloud over it all every year

agreed. it’s a long time since the regular season has meant much anyways

Pretty close to waving the white flag and accepting shorter seasons. You could change the rules to cause less wear and tear on players but we can’t trust refs to stick to it

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, April 21, 2022 10:43 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

what ideas are you thinking for rule changes?

My theory is that the ultra-competitive nature of sports keeps driving all the participants closer and closer to the limits of what a human body can do and when you spend so much time at the very edge of performance the margin of safety disappears. The other big factor is sitting players with injuries that they used to play through because the capital investment they represent is vastly larger than it was back when a $1 million contract was superstar pay.

Middleton out 3-4 weeks, not sure they can beat Boston without him

regular season being 82 games in a fairly low variance sport has always been crazy

i know its something thats hard to go in reverse on but it has to happen eventually. teams currently get what, 15 back to backs? just cutting enough to get rid of those would go a long way

you’d have to demonstrate that there are more injuries in the playoffs now than there’s ever been and that those injuries were related to wear and tear as opposed to bad luck and/or the physical more demanding nature of the playoffs in general. my guess is that there is minimal correlation. if anything we’re in the period of least intensive regular season play in history

there probably aren't because teams are resting their players in the regular season more to compensate

if anything we’re in the period of least intensive regular season play in history

― J0rdan S., Thursday, April 21, 2022 2:24 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i actually wonder if guys trying to ramp up and play really hard after coasting is part of the issue

maybe? feel like the real “issue” is that guys play harder and for longer in the playoffs and they don’t take any games off, not sure how you can legislate that out of the game, nor would you want to. it is what it is

im interested in ways to make regular season a bit more meaningful too even just small things like reseeding the 2nd round of the offs would make it a little more favorable for the higher seeds on average

My theory is that the ultra-competitive nature of sports keeps driving all the participants closer and closer to the limits of what a human body can do and when you spend so much time at the very edge of performance the margin of safety disappears. The other big factor is sitting players with injuries that they used to play through because the capital investment they represent is vastly larger than it was back when a $1 million contract was superstar pay.

This is my basic theory, plus muscles get stronger, players get bigger, so the force involved is greater than ever, but bones and ligaments don’t necessarily get stronger.

way more player movement/motion too

yeah the current style of play is extremely taxing

a lot of the smart heads think the current style of play is actually tougher on bodies than before on a per-minute basis, bigs having to run players of the 3 point line, all the movement etc, on the other hand players play way fewer minutes than in older days

baby men zion and simmons should only be allowed to return if they promise to box each other after the season ends

wolves are out atheliticising the grizzlies

big early leads like this are really hard to sustain tho, cant let off the gas

47-21 !

pat bev is stuntin on the grizz just punking them on both ends

Patrick Beverley slips, throws it off the glass, and scores 🔥pic.twitter.com/HgHilUXWwn

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) April 22, 2022

This is basically a Globetrotters game

i think we can safely say the grizz have their hands full in this series

tho i do think the t wolves might wanna hold onto this lead…

if josh green finds a consistent shot he’s gonna be a good player for the mavs. he is feisty on defense

21-0 run my god

yeah that’s a rough one lol. memphis’ depth showing up

wait… KAT has only take three shots?????

the wolves are the weirdest team

The Grizzlies erased a 21-point lead in less than 6 minutes

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) April 22, 2022

they didnt call a timeout

Grizzlies 24-2 run.

Not a single timeout by the Wolves during that run. pic.twitter.com/65cfYbaSTT

— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 22, 2022

Idk is it just me or was that a mistake?

i dont have any coaching experience but it seems like maybe take one why not

the wolves fan cam is goading people into chugging their drinks i feel this is a very minnesota behavior

watching towns try to defend is just sad. bent 90 degrees at the waist like an elderly person.

wolves scoring by quarter: 39-12-32-12

i can't remember seeing anything like that

ha was just about to post that

quarters 1 and 3 140 point pace
quarters 2 and 4 48 point pace

jazz still going with the giving up corner 3s defense

the mavs have scored 68 points in the first half

if i was KAT i wouldn’t check twitter tonight

mavs bench players were 10/14 from 3 in that half

i can’t believe i posted that we could “safely” say the grizzlies had their hands full in this series immediately before the wolves allowed a 21-0 run to leading to one of the worst losses imaginable

lol

this stung me a little bit and i have no connection to or stake in minnesota sports

“Well done, we taught you well.”
—The Vikings

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 22, 2022

The Grizzlies were down 25+ points TWICE and still found a way to cover (-2.5) 😳 pic.twitter.com/aVslI1UYkQ

— ClutchPoints Betting (@CPBetting) April 22, 2022

pat bev really hacked up some bricks from three during that comeback

big early leads like this are really hard to sustain tho, cant let off the gas

pat bev really hacked up some bricks from three during that comeback

shouldve stuck to just running around

rudy not doing much for his DPOY argument

jazz going out BAD

GPII baby

60% from 3, you gotta tip your cap

impressive display of zero defense being played by either team here in utah

when the mavs have bertans on the floor they should just leave him on the offensive side of the court the entire time. not sure their defense would be any worse and he’d at least be open off a miss

KAT asked about getting 4 shots tonight

"Next question."

Probably tells you his true answer

— jace frederick (@JaceFrederick) April 22, 2022

For the same reason that opposing teams want to deny him getting shots?

if KAT can’t get his teammates to “allow” him to shoot more than 4 times in a playoff game it kinda confirms everything ppl say about him

it seems like gobert has quite literally been played off the floor in this game

they put him back in wouldve been funny if they benched him and won tho

i think they might have to go back to that paschall line up

they did lol

max player chillin on the bench in crunch time of a playoff game

man brunson is frying these guys