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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. 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. 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 streak in Major North American Sports behind the MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers after the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins missed the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in 16 years. The Philadelphia 76ers entered the postseason for the sixth consecutive season. The Brooklyn Nets entered the postseason for the fifth consecutive season. The Miami Heat entered the postseason for the fourth consecutive season. The Heat also entered the NBA Finals for the first time since 2020 and the seventh time in franchise history. Miami also became the first play-in team to win a playoff series since the Play In Tournament was implemented in 2020, as well as the sixth eighth seed in history, and first since the 2012 Philadelphia 76ers to advance past the First Round. The Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, and Atlanta Hawks entered the postseason for the third consecutive season. The Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves entered the postseason for the second consecutive season. The New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, and Los Angeles Lakers entered the postseason for the first time since 2021. The Cleveland Cavaliers entered the postseason for the first time since 2018, and the first time without LeBron James on their roster since 1998. The Sacramento Kings entered the postseason for the first time since 2006, snapping the longest postseason drought in NBA history. The Dallas Mavericks missed the postseason for the first time since 2019. The Utah Jazz missed the postseason for the first time since 2016. The Charlotte Hornets missed the postseason for the seventh consecutive season, currently the longest active postseason drought in the NBA. Notable occurrences For the first time since the 2000–01 season, no team won at least 60 games in an 82-game regular season. This season marked the first time since the 2004–05 season that two of the league's top three scorers (Luka Dončić and Damian Lillard) failed to reach the playoffs. All three Texas teams (Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio) missed the playoffs in the same season for the first time since the Mavericks formed in 1980. This also marked the first time since 1976 that Texas did not appear in the playoffs. All four California teams (Golden State, LA Clippers, LA Lakers, and Sacramento) made the playoffs in the same season for the first time since the Kings relocated to Sacramento in 1985. All five teams from the Pacific Division qualified for the playoffs, marking the third instance every team in a division qualified for the playoffs since the NBA adopted the current six division format in 2004–05. Previously, all five teams from the Central Division during the 2005–06 season and the Southwest Division during the 2014–15 season qualified for the playoffs. A No. 10 seed advanced to the second stage of the play-in tournament for the first time since the implementation of the Page–McIntyre system in 2021. The Miami Heat became the first team since the 2001 Indiana Pacers to drop from a No. 1 seed in the playoffs to a No. 8 seed the following year. First Round The Philadelphia 76ers swept the Brooklyn Nets, marking the 47th year in a row that a sweep occurred. The last time a sweep did not occur was in 1976. This was the 183rd series sweep in NBA playoffs history. Ja Morant scored 22 straight points for the Memphis Grizzlies in game 3 against the Los Angeles Lakers, becoming the first player to score at least 22 straight points for their team in a playoff game since Kobe Bryant in 2010. Jimmy Butler became the sixth player in NBA history to score 56 or more points in a playoff game, joining Michael Jordan (twice), Elgin Baylor, Donovan Mitchell, Charles Barkley, and Wilt Chamberlain. Devin Booker became the third player since 1997 to score at least 25 points in a quarter in a playoff game, joining Damian Lillard (25 in 2019) and Allen Iverson (26 in 2001). Devin Booker and Kevin Durant became the first duo in playoff history to each score 25+ points in each of their first six games of a postseason. The New York Knicks won a playoff series for the first time since 2013. Giannis Antetokounmpo missed 13 free throws in game 5 against the Heat, marking the most free throw misses in a playoff game since DeAndre Jordan in 2015, and the most misses in any game (regular season or playoffs) since Ben Simmons in 2017. The Heat became the first play–in team in NBA history to win a playoff series. The eighth-seeded Heat defeated the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in five games, marking the sixth instance in NBA history of an 8th-seeded team defeating a 1st-seeded team in the first round, following previous instances in 1994, 1999, 2007, 2011, and 2012. Additionally, this was the fourth time such an upset occurred in a best-of-seven series, and the first to be completed in fewer than six games. The seventh-seeded Lakers defeated the second-seeded Grizzlies in six games, marking the sixth instance in NBA history of a 7th-seeded team defeating a 2nd-seeded team in the first round, following previous instances in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1998, and 2010. Additionally, this was only the second time such an upset occurred in a best-of-seven series. A seventh-seed (Lakers) and an eighth-seed (Heat) both advanced in the first round of the playoffs, marking the first time this happened since the 16-team format began in 1984. In all previous instances when a seventh or eighth seed advanced, only one or the other advanced (not both). The Kings–Warriors series was the first of the 2023 playoffs to have a game 7, making it the 24th consecutive NBA postseason to feature a game 7. The last time a game 7 did not occur in the playoffs was 1999. This was the 148th game 7 in NBA playoffs history. Stephen Curry's 50 points against the Kings was the first 50-point performance in a game 7 in NBA history. Conference semifinals This was the first time in NBA history that every seed number from 1 through 8 made it to the second round across both conferences. The sixth-seeded Warriors had home-court advantage in the western semifinals, becoming the lowest seed to have home-court advantage since the sixth-see.... Discover the Shawn Sarles popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Shawn Sarles books.