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The 2023 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2022–23 season and conclusion to the season's playoffs. The best-of-seven playoffs was played between the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat and the Western Conference champion Denver Nuggets. The series started on June 1, and concluded on June ...
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions.
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 , their first title in franchise history.
A total of 21 franchises have won the NBA Finals, with the Boston Celtics winning the most recent title in 2024. Boston holds the record for the most championships, having won the Finals 18 times. Boston also won the most consecutive titles, winning eight in a row from 1959 to 1966. The Los Angeles Lakers have the most NBA Finals appearances ...
Most wins by an 8-seed in a single postseason: 13 — Miami Heat (2023) 12 — New York Knicks (1999) 7 — Philadelphia 76ers (2012) 7 — Memphis Grizzlies (2011)
Only the top six seeds in each conference advanced to the main rounds of the 2023 NBA playoffs, while the next four seeds participated in a Page playoff system tournament from April 11–14, 2023. In each conference: The 7th place team hosted the 8th place team in the double-chance round needing to win one game to advance, with the winner ...
The field for the 2023-24 NBA Playoffs is set.. Up first is the play-in tournament, a single-elimination format that'll decide the No. 7 and No. 8 seed for each conference.
Even as a 38-year-old in the last Finals appearance of his career, a 4-1 series victory for the Spurs over James and the Heat, Duncan still posted solid numbers – 15.4 points and 10.0 rebounds ...