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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 ...
On June 7, 2023, Udonis Haslem, aged 42 years, 363 days became the oldest player to play in the NBA Finals, surpassing the previous record held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1989. [ 180 ] LeBron James set multiple NBA records by averaging the most points (28.9 ppg), rebounds (8.3 rpg), assists (6.8 apg), minutes (35.5 mpg) and field goals (1,219 ...
Nikola Jokić deservedly received all 11 votes for the 2023 NBA Finals MVP award in leading the Denver Nuggets to the franchise's first championship, but let us never forget the contributions of ...
The winning team receives the trophy, also called the NBA Cup, and each winning player receives a cash prize, which was $500,000 for the 2023 edition. [2] The first winner of the NBA Cup was the Los Angeles Lakers, with the tournament MVP being LeBron James. [3]
2023 NBA Summer League: Cleveland Cavaliers: Houston Rockets: 99–78 Single-game final 2023 NBA in-season tournament: Los Angeles Lakers: Indiana Pacers: 123–109 Single-game final Uruguay: 2022–23 LUB season: Best-of-7 series Venezuela: 2022–23 Venezuelan SuperLiga