2022 NBA Playoffs Thread

[GOATcards]

so are the title chances something like

PHO - 29%
GSW - 27%
MIL - 19%
BOS - 15%
MIA - 7%
DAL - 2%
MEM - 1%
PHI - < 1%

[shakobe]

Originally Posted by GOATcards

so are the title chances something like

PHO - 29%
GSW - 27%
MIL - 19%
BOS - 15%
MIA - 7%
DAL - 2%
MEM - 1%
PHI - < 1%

You got phoenix too high and Dallas too low imo

[Kingofkings1281]

Originally Posted by GOATcards

so are the title chances something like

PHO - 29%
GSW - 27%
MIL - 19%
BOS - 15%
MIA - 7%
DAL - 2%
MEM - 1%
PHI - < 1%

Memphis with the 1% is gonna go up eventually, right? Like I feel you’re still going to have them at 1% even if they make the Finals.

[pingbling23]

happy second round tip off you all!!!! during the season i would have been able to make "easy" picks with these matchups but now with health and the performance through the first round i think every series is up in the air. should be fun.

[mfw13]

Here's the odds of winning the title from FiveThirtyEight:

Celtics - 36%
Suns - 29%
Warriors - 8%
Bucks - 7%
Heat - 7%
76ers - 6%
Memphis - 5%
Dallas - 2%

Their odds for this round:

Celtics 75% - Bucks 25%
Heat 55% - 76ers 45%

Suns 79% - Dallas 21%
Warriors 52% - Memphis 48%

Personally, I think they've got the odds for the favorite too low in every series except for Celtics-Bucks.

Suns should be at about 90% to advance, Warriors at about 75% to advance, and Heat at about 65-70% to advance.

They've got the Warriors with only a 20% chance of making the Finals, which is too low.....should be about 30-35%.

[rustywest]

Get a late night game treat here in my neck of the woods! Looking forward/pretty fizzed to watch that Celtics defense vs Giannis...

[rustywest]

Probably the two best teams out East meeting early here

[RogerGodahell]

Originally Posted by mfw13

Here's the odds of winning the title from FiveThirtyEight:

Celtics - 36%
Suns - 29%
Warriors - 8%
Bucks - 7%
Heat - 7%
76ers - 6%
Memphis - 5%
Dallas - 2%

Their odds for this round:

Celtics 75% - Bucks 25%
Heat 55% - 76ers 45%

Suns 79% - Dallas 21%
Warriors 52% - Memphis 48%

Personally, I think they've got the odds for the favorite too low in every series except for Celtics-Bucks.

Suns should be at about 90% to advance, Warriors at about 75% to advance, and Heat at about 65-70% to advance.

They've got the Warriors with only a 20% chance of making the Finals, which is too low.....should be about 30-35%.

Way too high for PHO in rd 2. Dallas had the 2nd best record in the second half of the season. Only 1 less win than PHO.

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

Put a couple bucks on the Warriors at -1 and 76ers at +9 for ya.

Put another $25 on Dubs at -1.

[rustywest]

oooooh this is gonna be a great series! Intriguing matchups across the board. Battle of the serial irritants Smart vs Allen for example...

[GOATcards]

Originally Posted by gomiamigo

Jokic is the second coming of Karl Malone, except not as successful in the playoffs. And Karl played Defense unlike the Stay-Puft fat marshmallow man.



'I'm the MVP!'

Originally Posted by gomiamigo

Joker spotted around town today.

for whenever gomiamigo (Mr. Kate Scott)'s internet is back up and his wifi and password are all troublehacked and good to go once more, I'd like for his remaining brain infrastructure and talents and energies and time to process the fact that Nikola Jokic's playing style makes him less injury-prone. Whether it's because he's fat, lazy, efficient, or because of superior basketball IQ, he doesn't play defenders all that closely all that often. He's less likely to land on someone's foot, land awkwardly (because he hardly leaves the floor), knock knees, get an elbow to the face, get arms tangled up and have elbows shoulders wrists or other joints get torn out of alignment and whatnot (like that time Kelly Olynik did to Kevin Love juuuust before the '15 Finals leaving Bron with just Kyrie as next option at that point?), land on the floor on the baseline on some important part of his body after diving in the air to block a shot, etc.

Getting the gist yet?

Suppose Philly could magically switch out EmMVPiiiiiiiiiiiiid with Jokic right about now. It wouldn't be James The Beard Harden as their one and only big playmaker right now. They'd also play that sloppy fat boy Joker eating pie and cake all game/day long while getting dragged up and down the court by Adebayo for ~34 minutes of sloppy inefficient tired-out play, getting just run past and dunked on by Adebayo while providing no offense at the other end, just a few nice passes here and there and being tall he can get a few rebounds and shots in from time to time.

So yeah, you're basically missing out on having that as your Center in Round Two, ya flamingly one-sided Sixers fanboy ya. You missed out on the whole point of Joker's strategy and one of the key facets of MVP-ness: availability. I guess Joker just needs to take better care of his fat tender marshmallow frame more than the hefty invincible Embiid, huh?

So I ask again: is that the best you can do? At long last, have you nothing of value to contribute (as well as decency), sir

(what's the over/under on how long that'll knock Mr. Scott's internet out? Go Miami Go? this just gets better and better Or maybe it's Go, Mi Amigo? )

strain this time is GMO Mints

[KhalDrogo]

Don’t think the Bucks could have come out looking any worse.

[rustywest]

Huge putback from JB then an impressive sequence from crazy eyes P. Such an underrated player Bobby, X-Factor.

[rustywest]

Tatum needs to settle down here, playing wild, out of control in that 1st.

[pingbling23]

white is playing like trash. cost boston about 10 points so far.

[RogerGodahell]

This reminds me of game 1 in the BOS BRK series. Brown and Tatum with 6 points combined in the first half and they're still in the game.

[PGS]

Boston looks 100000000% outmatched. Best defensive team in the league us getting absolutely taken apart.

[kd the sniper]

Originally Posted by PGS

Boston looks 100000000% outmatched. Best defensive team in the league us getting absolutely taken apart.

Nets had no size.. Was shooting practice for the Cs. Tatum hasn't done nothing but they are still in it. Gonna be a good game.. I hope

[rustywest]

Originally Posted by PGS

Boston looks 100000000% outmatched. Best defensive team in the league us getting absolutely taken apart.

Come on man. You're going for the definitive slam with the series just 24 minutes old

[rustywest]

Ohh no. That sucks man. Smart injury looks serious

[KhalDrogo]

That might be bad for Smart.

[rustywest]

Guessing its a dislocation

[RogerGodahell]

Looked like maybe a partially separated shoulder.

[PGS]

Bucks benefits from an injury on the opposing team in the playoffs. Not shocked.

[rustywest]

C's are gonna be massive dogs if they lose Smart. Boo

What a stink to the series if that's true