Its’ the best time of the year for hoops fans.
The 2022 NBA playoffs get underway on Saturday and will feature Game 1 between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Toronto Raptors.
The Sixers (51-31) finished the regular season tied with the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks for the second-best record in the Eastern Conference but wound up as the No. 4 seed due to the tiebreaker rules. While the Raptors (48-34) made a furious climb up the standings over the second half of the season, winning 25 of their final 36 games to claim the No.