The 2022 NBA playoffs have finally arrived! After an unprecedented regular season, featuring some of the closes races in recent memory, Saturday marked the beginning of what each of these 16 teams hope will be a two-month march to the NBA championship. And with a trio of incredible playoff debuts, what a beginning it was.
In the Western Conference, the No. 3-seeded Golden State Warriors were paced by 22-year-old Jordan Poole, who led the Warriors to a 16-point victory over Nikola Jokic and the No. 6-seeded Denver Nuggets.