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2023 NBA Playoffs
The 2023 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2022–23 season. The playoffs began on April 15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the 2023 NBA Finals over the Miami Heat. The 2023 title was the Nuggets' first title in franchise history. Overview Updates to postseason appearances * The Milwaukee Bucks entered the postseason for the seventh consecutive season and also clinched the best record in the NBA for the third time in the last five seasons, winning the inaugural Maurice Podoloff Trophy. * The Denver Nuggets entered the postseason for the fifth consecutive season and also clinched the best record in the Western Conference for the first time in franchise history. ** The Nuggets also advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. * The Boston Celtics entered the postseason for the ninth consecutive season, currently the longest such streak in the NBA and the second-longest playoffs stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 NBA Season
The 2022–23 NBA season was the 77th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 18, 2022, and ended on April 9, 2023. The 2023 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 19, 2023, at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. The play-in tournament was held on April 11–14, 2023. The 2023 NBA playoffs then began on April 15, and ended on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets defeating the Miami Heat in 5 games in the 2023 NBA Finals. Transactions Retirement * On July 21, 2022, J. J. Barea announced his retirement from professional basketball. He won an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011 and multiple gold medals with the Puerto Rican national team. * On August 20, 2022, Gustavo Ayón announced his retirement from professional basketball. He played three seasons in the NBA and won multiple titles in the EuroLeague and Spanish League in his 16-year career. * On September 3, 2022, Jodie Meeks announced his retirement from pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2022–23 season. The playoffs began on April 17, 2023, three days after the end of the regular season, and concluded on June 13, 2023, with the Vegas Golden Knights winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Florida Panthers four games to one in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Boston Bruins made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners after setting the league record for the most wins and points in a single regular season. The Pittsburgh Penguins failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2005–06 NHL season, ending the NHL's and major North American sports' longest active playoff streak at sixteen consecutive seasons. The new longest active playoffs streak in major North American sports belonged to MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers, who qualified for the postseason every year since 2013. The longest active Stanley Cup playoff streak moved to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 NBA Playoffs
The 2021 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2020–21 season. With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the NBA for the second consecutive year, the regular season was reduced to 72 games for each team and the start date of the playoffs was moved from its usual time in mid-April to May 22, 2021. It concluded with the 2021 NBA Finals in July, where the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns in six games after being down 0–2, marking their first championship since 1971. Both the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers and the 2020 NBA Finals runner-up Miami Heat lost in the first round to the eventual finalists: the Phoenix Suns and the Milwaukee Bucks, respectively. The Suns advanced to their first NBA Finals since 1993 after winning the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Clippers in six games; the Bucks also won the Eastern Conference finals in six games, against the Atlanta Hawks to reach their first NBA Finals s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Los Angeles Clippers Season
The 2022–23 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 53rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 45th season in Southern California and their 39th season in Los Angeles. Despite improving from last season and reaching the playoffs, they failed to get past the first round due to a number of injuries. Draft Roster Roster Notes *Guard Eric Gordon makes his second tour of duty with team having played for them from 2008 to 2011. *Guard Russell Westbrook is the 31st former Lakers player to play for the Clippers. Standings Division Conference Game log Preseason , - style="background:#ccffcc;" , 1 , September 30 , Maccabi Ra'anana , , Luke Kennard (16) , Moses Brown (13) , Jason Preston (10) , Climate Pledge Arena9,333 , 1–0 , -style="background:#cfc" , 2 , October 3 , Portland , , Amir Coffey (15) , Moussa Diabaté (11) , Xavier Moon (4) , Climate Pledge Arena18,440 , 2–0 , -style="background: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 New York Knicks Season
The 2022–23 New York Knicks season was the 77th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On April 2, 2023, the Knicks clinched a playoff spot after missing the playoffs in the previous season. In the first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs, they faced the Cleveland Cavaliers, winning the series in five games. The Knicks were eliminated from the playoffs in the conference semifinals by the Miami Heat in six games. Draft The Knicks entered the draft holding one first round and one second round picks. The Knicks used their 11th overall pick to select Ousmane Dieng who was then traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, while the 42nd overall pick was used to select Trevor Keels. Roster Standings Division Conference Game log Preseason The preseason schedule was announced on August 12, 2022. , - style="background:#bfb;" , 1 , October 4 , Detroit , , Barrett (21) , Hartenstein (7) , Brunson (5) , Madison Square Garde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Minnesota Timberwolves Season
The 2022–23 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 34th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Timberwolves failed to improve on their 46–36 record from last year after losing to the Toronto Raptors 107–122 on March 18, but they were able to finish with a winning record in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2004 and 2005 after beating the New Orleans Pelicans 113–108 on April 9 and participated in the play-in tournament for a second straight season. Despite losing to the Los Angeles Lakers 102–108 on April 11, they would beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 120–95 at home to clinch a playoff spot on April 14. However, they lost in the first round to the eventual NBA champion Denver Nuggets in five games. This was the first time since 2003 and 2004 that the Timberwolves made the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. It was the first season with Rudy Gobert after the team acquired him in a preseason trade on July 6, 2022, where they tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Golden State Warriors Season
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2022–23 Atlanta Hawks Season
The 2022–23 Atlanta Hawks season was the 74th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 55th in Atlanta. On February 21, 2023, the Hawks fired Nate McMillan, who spent three seasons with the team. Joe Prunty was named the interim head coach until Quin Snyder was hired. The team clinched the seventh seed in the 2023 NBA playoffs on April 11, 2023, in the NBA play-in tournament, following a win over the Miami Heat, who finished 7th in the regular season. However, they lost in the First Round to the Boston Celtics in six games. As of 2024, this season marked the last time the Hawks made the playoffs. Draft The Hawks entered the draft holding one first round pick and one second round pick. On draft night they traded the 44th pick ( Ryan Rollins) to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for the 51st pick ( Tyrese Martin) and cash considerations ($2,000,000). Roster Standings Division Conference Game log Preseason , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Phoenix Suns Season
The 2022–23 Phoenix Suns season was their 55th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as their 30th season at the Footprint Center. It was also the last season under Robert Sarver's ownership tenure, as he was suspended from league-wide activities on September 13, 2022, due to an independent investigation on Sarver that began the season prior revealing inappropriate behaviors he had throughout his tenure as franchise owner of the Suns. He later announced in that same month that minority team owner and vice chairman of the Suns, Sam Garvin, would take over the majority of team duties for the rest of this season until new ownership bought out Sarver as the new majority team owners going forward. Sarver eventually accepted a deal to sell his ownership rights to both the Suns and Phoenix Mercury to an ownership group led by United Wholesale Mortgage CEO Mat Ishbia and his older brother Justin Ishbia for an asking price of $4 billion on Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Memphis Grizzlies Season
The 2022–23 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 28th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 22nd in Memphis. The Grizzlies qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive season and won the Southwest division title for the second consecutive season. In the playoffs the Grizzlies were upset by the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the first round, losing in six games, becoming the sixth 2-seed team to lose a playoff series against a 7-seed, following the Dallas Mavericks in 1987, the Utah Jazz in 1989, the San Antonio Spurs in 1991, the Miami Heat in 1998, and the Dallas Mavericks again in 2010. Throughout the season, the Grizzlies were marred by controversy, being heavily scrutinized for their antics and lack of maturity. Particularly scrutinized was Dillon Brooks, who was amongst the league leaders for most technical and flagrant fouls and, throughout the season, became known for cheap shots on opposing players and even a cameraman, leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBA Play-in Tournament
The NBA play-in tournament is the preliminary National Basketball Association (NBA) postseason tournament. It determines the final two playoff seeds in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference and is played immediately prior to the NBA playoffs, which is the main tournament of the postseason and regarded by the league as separate from the play-in tournament. Teams finishing the regular season in positions 7 through 10 in the standings for each conference compete to determine the number 7 and 8 seeds in each conference's bracket tournament. Format Original format On June 4, 2020, the NBA Board of Governors approved the first ever play-in game for the 2019–20 season. The game was part of the NBA's plans for a bubble as part of its return to play during the COVID-19 pandemic. If the 8 and 9 seeds in either conference were within four games of each other, the two seeds would play each other in up to two play-in games. If the 8 seed won the first game, it would advance to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
