*~*~* 2022 PLAY-IN GAMES THREAD *~*~*

friday night play in game news dump!

de’andre hunter is playing an absolutely awful game

great sequence there by the cavs. lauri makes so much more sense with allen healthy

and when he’s shooting 60% from three

Never seen a guy get injured and a tech at the same time

clint capela just sprained his own knee by dragging evan mobley into him

it seems like the cavs size is really giving trae problems. he just hasn’t gotten in a rhythm at all, his jumpers have all been really long threes or contested fadeaways

the flagrant + knee detonation combo has gotta hurt

that was a remarkably dumb foul by clint

pauses to see if the ball is going in or not and wrecks his knee

i love when the refs describe what they see and it’s like they have just viewed an entire different representation of reality than the rest of the world

you know it's rough if i'm nodding along with mark jackson

the energy in the arena is always deflated after halftime, i think the hawks needs to go on a quick 8-2 run or something right off the break to stabilize this. the three shooting should probably even out… probably

big shootout over here

I just turned this on to see back to back insane 3s and it's tied going into the 4th. Nice.

DG gotta call who he wants into the p&r and make every play. Get Caris a couple touches in the p&r. That’s your 4th. Gotta test Gorgui puppies. Also can call Gallo up and see what his puppies talking about.

— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) April 16, 2022

puppies?

I just turned this on to see back to back insane 3s and it's tied going into the 4th. Nice.

― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Friday, April 15, 2022 9:35 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

And then it just turned into a college game, lol.

the cavs offense has died

gonna guess puppies is feet bc those guys are old/slow

see what his puppies talking about

my dogs are barking

bow -- and i cant stress this enough -- wow

trae played easily one of the worst games i’ve ever seen him play in the first half but has been the best player on the floor in the second half and it’s not even really close

some great playoff basketball here

yeah this is awesome

trae:steph::kobe:mj

believe it or not repeatedly switching markannen onto trae young has not worked out for the cavs

crazy half by trae

Brutal!

Those back to back steals were nuts.

oh man if the cavs had been able to control the ball off that steal....

Okongwu played his ass off 2nite

cavs had 36 points in the first quarter, 65 the rest of the way

thats about as cleveland a result as you could draw up

LMFAO - “party rock anthem” blaring into a dead silent arena as the season’s final seconds painfully bleed away

i don't get why kevin love didn't play more when the cavs desperately needed something on offense

i’d guess lauri was shooting so well that bickerstaff just rolled with him. love certainly wouldn’t have helped any when it came to defending trae. them not having a single wing worth playing really showed up in the second half once lauri’s shooting cooled off, they stayed with that three big lineup and trae just shredded it over and over

on the bright side for the cavs they don’t have to send a first round pick for caris levert now

Rondo was awful. They really could have used Rubio.

xp yeah, i would have just tried something else in the second half when the offense was dying.

they have some work to do and who knows if they can do it but garland and mobley is a really exciting duo to build around.

Rondo was awful. They really could have used Rubio.

Awesome 1st q from b ingram

That zion footage… dude looks huge

Ha

Sorry just finished

The hawks have had an awful season but Trae has just been ridiculous all year long

man I care a lot less about this game than I thought I would, fuck a pellie and/or clipper

Much love to Delon Wright

The hawks have had an awful season but Trae has just been ridiculous all year long

Reggie Jackson (lebron James kid voice)